Approach to Aesthetics Collected Papers on Philosophical Aesthetics

by Sibley, Frank; Benson, John; Redfern, Betty; Cox, Jeremy Roxbee

• ISBN13: 9780199204137
• ISBN10: 0199204136
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-11-09
• Publisher: Clarendon Press

Summary

Frank Sibley (1923-1996) was one of the most important philosophers of aesthetics of the last fifty years, whose published papers are required reading for serious students of the subject. Approach to Aesthetics will be welcomed both for bringing together these well known papers, and for its inclusion of new, previously unpublished papers. This timeless body of work will continue to demand and reward the attention of scholars and students.

Author Biography

Frank Sibley (1923-1996) was the first Professor of Philosophy to be appointed at Lancaster University, a position he occupied until his retirement.

Table of Contents

Editors' Introduction	ix
1. Aesthetic Concepts	1	(23)
2. Aesthetics and the Looks of Things	24	(9)
3. Aesthetic and Non-aesthetic	33	(19)
4. About Taste	52	(2)
5. Colours	54	(17)
6. Objectivity and Aesthetics	71	(17)
7. Particularity, Art, and Evaluation	88	(16)
8. General Criteria and Reasons in Aesthetics	104	(15)
9. Originality and Value	119	(16)
10. Arts or the Aesthetic—Which Comes First?	135	(7)
11. Making Music Our Own	142	(12)
12. Adjectives, Predicative and Attributive	154	(22)
13. Aesthetic Judgements: Pebbles, Faces, and Fields of Litter	176	(14)
14. Some Notes on Ugliness	190	(17)
15. Tastes, Smells, and Aesthetics	207	(49)
16. Why the Mona Lisa May Not be a Painting	256	(17)
Bibliography of the Publications of Frank Sibley	273