| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 322 pages) |
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pt. I. Definition. 1. Why We Should Look For a Definition of Art. 2. Simple Functionalism and Funtionalism Per Se. 3. Historical Functionalism, or the Four-Factor Theory. 4. Institutional Definitions. 5. Historical Definitions -- pt. II. Meaning. 6. Overview. 7. Incompatible Interpretations. 8. Critical Monism and Critical Pluralism: How to Have Both. 9. Meaning and Interpretation: The Role of Intention and Convention. 10. Hypothetical Intentions and Implied Authors. 11. Pragmatism and Interpretation -- pt. III. Value. 12. Artistic Value. 13. The Value of Literature |
| Summary |
What is art? What is it to understand a work of art? What is the value of art? Robert Stecker to answer these central questions of aesthetics by placing them within the context of an ongoing debate criticizing, but also explaining what can be learned from, alternative views. His unified philosophy of art, defined in terms of its evolving functions, is used to explain and to justify current interpretive practices and to motivate an investigation of artistic value. In addition to offering original answers to major questions of aesthetics, Artworks covers most of the major issues in contemporary analytic aesthetics and discusses many major, as well as minor, figures who have written about these issues, including Stanley Fish, Joseph Margolis, Richard Rorty, and Richard Shusterman |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-316) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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Art -- Philosophy.
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Art appreciation.
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ART -- General.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Aesthetics.
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Art appreciation
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Art -- Philosophy
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Kunstbeschouwing.
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Art -- Philosophy.
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Art appreciation.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780271071756 |
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0271071753 |
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