Abstract
This article presents a discussion on the relationship between images and reality based on a psychosocial perspective aligned with constructionism, focusing on the study of language in action. Following Peter Galison’s proposal, we address three phases of the relationship between image and reality. The first has as its reference an approximation between art and nature; the second, referred to as “mechanical objectivity”, concerns technological developments that led to the visual inscription of reality. The third phase examines the advances in inscription technologies, which make images more complex, making it difficult to immediately transpose reality into knowledge. Following other writings by this same author, it is possible to propose a fourth phase in which images are also used as inspiration, allowing new approximations between art and science. We conclude with constructionist considerations about what counts as objectivity, suggesting that images create multiple realities.
Keywords:
Image; Science; Realism; Constructionism