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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... beautiful ' , ' I think she dresses elegantly ' , ' If it is a beautiful film then I shall go to see it ' . Terms of which this is true have , in general , an evaluative use which connects them with the expression of favourable or ...
... beautiful ' , ' I think she dresses elegantly ' , ' If it is a beautiful film then I shall go to see it ' . Terms of which this is true have , in general , an evaluative use which connects them with the expression of favourable or ...
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... beautiful or moving in the picture . Before developing this point further we must return to the prob- lem from which ... beautiful ' in all of its occurrences , without considerable loss of meaning . In learning the meaning of such words ...
... beautiful or moving in the picture . Before developing this point further we must return to the prob- lem from which ... beautiful ' in all of its occurrences , without considerable loss of meaning . In learning the meaning of such words ...
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... beautiful only if it shows the kind of relationship to human endeavour that is characteristic of an artefact . The Highlands of Scotland have little beauty , although they may once have been called sublime . If we were to describe a ...
... beautiful only if it shows the kind of relationship to human endeavour that is characteristic of an artefact . The Highlands of Scotland have little beauty , although they may once have been called sublime . If we were to describe a ...
Contents
The Individuality of the Aesthetic Object | 15 |
Aesthetic Perception | 29 |
Recognition and Response | 71 |
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