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Exploring philosophy: faking nature
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1 Dixon on art and nature

Part III of Elliot’s paper discusses his crucial analogy between ‘faking’ nature and fakes in art. To help you understand the latter better, Daisy Dixon explains in the video below.

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You are now ready tackle Part III in the next section. Elliot talks about not being able to tell ‘a real Vermeer from a Van Meegaran’ (p. 91). Van Meegeren (Elliot misspells the name) forged paintings, convincing many (including Hermann Goering) that they were by Vermeer.