Art and Imagination: A Study in the Philosophy of MindSt. Augustine's Press, 1998 - 256 pages This book presents a theory of aesthetic judgment and appreciation in the spirit of modern empiricism. There are three parts: the first deals with questions of philosophical logic, the second with questions in the philosophy of mind, and the third with questions in the philosophy of art. Thus the argument advances from a theory of aesthetic judgment (and in particular of "aesthetic description"), to a theory of aesthetic appreciation, and thence to an account of the nature and value of art. |
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... analogy with moral judgement an ' affective ' theory . The first problem for an affective theory is how to avoid the ambiguity that destroyed the theory of aesthetic perception . How can the term ' sad ' preserve the same meaning when ...
... analogy with moral judgement an ' affective ' theory . The first problem for an affective theory is how to avoid the ambiguity that destroyed the theory of aesthetic perception . How can the term ' sad ' preserve the same meaning when ...
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... analogy between the description of the aspect of a thing , and the description of its aesthetic character ; indeed , even the theory of aesthetic perception brackets the two together , treating aspects and aesthetic features as alike ...
... analogy between the description of the aspect of a thing , and the description of its aesthetic character ; indeed , even the theory of aesthetic perception brackets the two together , treating aspects and aesthetic features as alike ...
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... analogous constraints apply , and analogous felicities may be achieved . But to understand this analogy is still not to hear twelve - note music as it is meant to be heard . Until the rules have been translated into auditory experiences ...
... analogous constraints apply , and analogous felicities may be achieved . But to understand this analogy is still not to hear twelve - note music as it is meant to be heard . Until the rules have been translated into auditory experiences ...
Contents
The Individuality of the Aesthetic Object | 15 |
Aesthetic Perception | 29 |
Recognition and Response | 71 |
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