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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... certain ' non - cognitive ' states of mind in the same intimate fashion that genuine descriptions are related to beliefs . I shall use the term ' expression ' as a name for this intimate relation between a sen- tence and a mental state ...
... certain ' non - cognitive ' states of mind in the same intimate fashion that genuine descriptions are related to beliefs . I shall use the term ' expression ' as a name for this intimate relation between a sen- tence and a mental state ...
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... certain quasi - idealist objections that seem to imply that this whole enterprise of independent description is the out- come of confusion . In giving a vague description of an aesthetic ' experience ' it is possible to set up a ...
... certain quasi - idealist objections that seem to imply that this whole enterprise of independent description is the out- come of confusion . In giving a vague description of an aesthetic ' experience ' it is possible to set up a ...
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... certain qualities of their intentional objects ( that is , certain qualities that their material objects are thought to possess ) . Note that the objection is not concerned only with how we classify emotions . It argues further that ...
... certain qualities of their intentional objects ( that is , certain qualities that their material objects are thought to possess ) . Note that the objection is not concerned only with how we classify emotions . It argues further that ...
Contents
The Individuality of the Aesthetic Object | 15 |
Aesthetic Perception | 29 |
Recognition and Response | 71 |
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