Music, Art, and Metaphysics

by Levinson, Jerrold

• ISBN13: 9780199596621
• ISBN10: 019959662X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-05-12
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This is a long-awaited reissue of Jerrold Levinson's 1990 bookMusic, Art, and Metaphysics, which gathers together the writings that made him a leading figure in contemporary aesthetics. Most of the essays are distinguished by a concern with metaphysical questions about artworks and their properties, but other essays address the problem of art's definition, the psychology of aesthetic response, and the logic of interpreting and evaluating works of art. The focus of about half of the essays is the art of music, the art of greatest interest to Levinson throughout his career. Many of the essays have been very influential, being among the most cited in contemporary aesthetics and having become essential references in debates on the definition of art, the ontology of art, emotional response to art, expression in art, and the nature of art forms.

Author Biography

Jerrold Levinson is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Maryland, College Park, where he has taught since 1976.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. xiii
Art and History
Defining Art Historically	p. 3
Hybrid Art Forms	p. 26
Refining Art Historically	p. 37
Metaphysics of Art
What a Musical Work Is	p. 63
Autographic and Allographic Art Revisited	p. 89
Aesthetic Uniqueness	p. 107
Aesthetic Supervenience	p. 134
Titles	p. 159
Artworks and the Future	p. 179
What a Musical Work Is, Again	p. 215
Musical Matters
The Concept of Music	p. 267
Truth in Music	p. 279
Music and Negative Emotion	p. 306
Hope in The Hebrides	p. 336
Evaluating Musical Peformance	p. 376
Authentic Performance and Performance Means	p. 393
Index	p. 409
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