Some individuals are blindsighted. "Blindsighted" people are cortically blind due to lesions in the striate cortex, but who can respond to visual stimuli they cannot not consciously see. That is, they can see x but have no conscious experience of seeing x. Consider a blindsighted person who looks at a painting; say this one by Chuck Close. Suppose they recognize the person in the painting is Chuck Close. Would the case of blindsight be a problem for Lopes' account of pictorial representation?
James F. Miller Professor of Humanities & Professor of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, Lewis & Clark College