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Preface | p. ix |
Acknowledgments | p. xiii |
Meaning, Interpretation, and Picturing | p. 1 |
Visual representations and pictures | p. 2 |
Theories of picturing | p. 4 |
Intentions and transparency in pictures and photographs | p. 12 |
Indiscernible counterparts | p. 14 |
Fine art | p. 18 |
Art as Expression | p. 22 |
Overview of expression theories | p. 22 |
Tolstoy's account of expressive art | p. 25 |
Collingwood's account of expressive art | p. 28 |
The expressive persona | p. 32 |
Expression as arousal | p. 34 |
Revising the arousal theory | p. 36 |
Expression as cognitive recognition | p. 39 |
Meaning and Creativity | p. 42 |
Plato on creativity | p. 42 |
Kant on genius | p. 44 |
Metaphorical exemplification | p. 47 |
Hegel and Marx | p. 51 |
Material bases of creativity | p. 54 |
Feminism and creativity | p. 57 |
Fakes, Originals, and Ontology | p. 62 |
Multiple and singular | p. 62 |
Abstract objects | p. 64 |
Problems and implications | p. 66 |
Fakes and originals | p. 70 |
Objections and alternatives | p. 75 |
Authenticity and Cultural Origins | p. 82 |
Two kinds of contextualism | p. 83 |
Four kinds of appropriation | p. 87 |
Moral concerns | p. 90 |
Culture | p. 93 |
Cultural authenticity | p. 96 |
Modernity and authenticity | p. 99 |
Defining Art | p. 103 |
Philosophical definition | p. 103 |
Historical background | p. 105 |
Functional definitions | p. 107 |
Institutional definitions | p. 110 |
Historical definitions | p. 114 |
The cluster account | p. 117 |
Aesthetics | p. 123 |
Aesthetic judgments and properties | p. 123 |
Supervenience | p. 126 |
Two complications | p. 128 |
Aesthetics and nature | p. 129 |
Formalism and detachment | p. 133 |
Making special | p. 137 |
Pleasure and appreciation | p. 139 |
Beyond the Fine Arts | p. 145 |
Popular and mass art | p. 146 |
Standard criticisms of popular art | p. 151 |
Social consequences of popular culture | p. 155 |
Gender and race | p. 157 |
Everyday aesthetics | p. 160 |
Artistic and Aesthetic Value | p. 165 |
Three kinds of value | p. 165 |
The uniqueness thesis | p. 167 |
Value empiricism | p. 169 |
Instrumental value | p. 171 |
An alternative analysis | p. 174 |
Appreciation | p. 175 |
Cognitive value | p. 179 |
Conclusion | p. 135 |
References | p. 190 |
Index | p. 200 |
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