| Description |
xi, 370 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Series |
Contemporary debates in philosophy ; 5 |
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Contemporary debates in philosophy ; 5
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| Contents |
Introduction : a conceptual map of issues in aesthetics and the philosophy of art / Matthew Kieran -- 1. Aesthetic empiricism and the challenge of fakes and ready-mades / Gordon Graham -- 2. Against enlightened empiricism / David Davies -- 3. Beauty and ugliness in and out of context / Marcia Muelder Eaton -- 4. Terrible beauties / Carolyn Korsmeyer -- 5. Aesthetic experience : a question of content / Noel Carroll -- 6. The aesthetic state of mind / Gary Iseminger -- 7. Art and cognition / Berys Gaut -- 8. Cognitive values in the arts : marking the boundaries / Peter Lamarque -- 9. The speaking image : visual communication and the nature of depiction / Robert Hopkins -- 10. The domain of depiction / Dominic McIver Lopes -- 11. Artistic expression and the hard case of pure music / Stephen Davies -- 12. Musical expressiveness as hearability-as-expression / Jerrold Levinson -- 13. Anne Bronte and the uses of imagination / Gregory Currie -- 14. Imagine that! / Jonathan M. Weinberg and Aaron Meskin -- 15. Genuine rational fictional emotions / Tamar Szabo Gendler and Karson Kovakovich -- 16. The challenge of irrationalism, and how not to meet it / Derek Matravers -- 17. Interpretation and the problem of the relevant intention / Robert Stecker -- 18. Art, meaning, and artist's meaning / Daniel O. Nathan -- 19. There are no aesthetic principles / Alan H. Goldman -- 20. Iron, leather, and critical principles / George Dickie -- 21. Artistic value and opportunistic moralism / Eileen John -- 22. Ethical criticism and the vice of moderation / Daniel Jacobson |
| Summary |
"Contemporary Debates in Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art features 22 original essays by leading authors in aesthetics and the philosophy of art. A pair of contrasting essays addresses each of 11 distinct issues, including the nature of beauty, aesthetic experience, artistic value, and the nature of our emotional responses to art."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Aesthetics, Modern -- 20th century.
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Aesthetics, Modern -- 21st century.
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Art -- Philosophy.
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| Author |
Kieran, Matthew, 1968-
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| LC no. |
2005009259 |
| ISBN |
9781405102391 hardcover alkaline paper |
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140510239X hardcover alkaline paper |
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9781405102407 paperback alkaline paper |
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1405102403 paperback alkaline paper |
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