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9781405143066

The Blackwell Guide to Aesthetics

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    9781405143066

  • ISBN10:

    1405143061

  • Format: eBook
  • Copyright: 2009-02-01
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary

The Blackwell Guide to Aesthetics is the most authoritative survey of the central issues in contemporary aesthetics available. The volume features eighteen newly commissioned papers on the evaluation of art, the interpretation of art, and many other forms of art such as literature, movies, and music. Provides a guide to the central traditional and cutting edge issues in aesthetics today. Written by a distinguished cast of contributors, including Peter Kivy, George Dickie, Noël Carroll, Paul Guyer, Ted Cohen, Marcia Eaton, Joseph Margolis, Berys Gaut, Nicholas Wolterstrorff, Susan Feagin, Peter Lamarque, Stein Olsen, Francis Sparshott, Alan Goldman, Jenefer Robinson, Mary Mothersill, Donald Crawford, Philip Alperson, Laurent Stern and Amie Thomasson. Functions as the ideal text for undergraduate and graduate courses in aesthetics, art theory, and philosophy of art.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors
Introduction: Aesthetics Today
The Core Issues
The Origins of Modern Aesthetics: 1711ù35: Paul Guyer
Defining Art: Intension and Extension
Art and the Aesthetic
The Ontology of Art
Evaluating Art
Interpretation in Aesthetics
Art and the Moral Realm
Beauty and the CriticÆs Judgment: Remapping Aesthetics
The Philosophy of Taste: Thoughts on the Idea
The Emotions in Art
The Arts and Other Matters
The Philosophy of Literature: Pleasure Restored
The Philosophy of the Visual Arts: Perceiving Pictures
The Philosophy of the Movies: Cinematic Narration
The Philosophy of Music: Formalism and Beyond
The Philosophy of Dance: Bodies in Motion, Bodies at Rest
Tragedy
The Aesthetics of Nature and the Environment
Art and the Aesthetic: The Religious Dimension
Index
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