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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... answers have already been suggested in the case of moral judgements . In Chapter Nine I shall point to various facts that provide an answer for aesthetic judgements too . The problem about conditionals arises , I think , because it is ...
... answers have already been suggested in the case of moral judgements . In Chapter Nine I shall point to various facts that provide an answer for aesthetic judgements too . The problem about conditionals arises , I think , because it is ...
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... answer , and if we do choose to give an answer then our choice is not dictated by the nature of the thought itself . It might be said that we should compare imagery with entertaining a proposition , since this is a kind of thought that ...
... answer , and if we do choose to give an answer then our choice is not dictated by the nature of the thought itself . It might be said that we should compare imagery with entertaining a proposition , since this is a kind of thought that ...
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... answer I could give to the ' why ' - question which is not simply a description of what I see . The kind of answer to the question that I wish to indicate is the answer which consists solely in descriptions of the object of interest ...
... answer I could give to the ' why ' - question which is not simply a description of what I see . The kind of answer to the question that I wish to indicate is the answer which consists solely in descriptions of the object of interest ...
Contents
The Individuality of the Aesthetic Object | 15 |
Aesthetic Perception | 29 |
Recognition and Response | 71 |
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