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    Challenges→Goodman's lack of a theory of pictorial reference is not an oversight but a deliberate limitation of scope.

    Wollheim's objection that Goodman's account cannot explain why seeing-in is the relevant psychological mechanism for pictures shows the limitation is theoretically costly, not merely a scope restriction.

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    Goodman's account(as a philosophical theory being critiqued)
    Nelson Goodman was a philosopher who developed a theory about how pictures work—specifically, a theory about the mental process involved in looking at pictures.
    Wollheim(the philosopher being cited)
    Richard Wollheim was a 20th-century British philosopher who wrote influential work on how we understand and experience art.
    psychological mechanism(as the type of explanation being evaluated)
    The mental process or way our minds work when we do something—in this case, how our brains process images.
    scope restriction(as a type of theoretical limitation)
    A limitation on what a theory can cover or explain; saying a theory only works in certain cases rather than all cases.
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    (Wollheim's account of pictorial representation)
    A distinctive kind of perceptual experience generated by pictures in which the viewer experiences the subject as present within the picture.
    theoretically costly(describing how serious Wollheim's objection is)
    A significant problem or weakness in a theory that makes it less convincing or valuable, rather than just a minor limitation.

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