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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... concept of belief . Consider the parallel concept of ' information ' . It is com- monly assumed in scientific circles ( whether rightly or wrongly ) that this concept can be used in the description and explanation of the behaviour of ...
... concept of belief . Consider the parallel concept of ' information ' . It is com- monly assumed in scientific circles ( whether rightly or wrongly ) that this concept can be used in the description and explanation of the behaviour of ...
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... concept as complex as that of imagination is this - ' Is there one concept or many ? ' It is easy to say many and leave it at that . When we consider all the separate phenomena that have been discussed under this title it seems unlikely ...
... concept as complex as that of imagination is this - ' Is there one concept or many ? ' It is easy to say many and leave it at that . When we consider all the separate phenomena that have been discussed under this title it seems unlikely ...
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... concept to bear ' on one's visual experience . But this only begins to seem like an explanation of ' seeing as ' because we are able to identify independently what the concept is according to which the picture is seen . Our possession ...
... concept to bear ' on one's visual experience . But this only begins to seem like an explanation of ' seeing as ' because we are able to identify independently what the concept is according to which the picture is seen . Our possession ...
Contents
The Individuality of the Aesthetic Object | 15 |
Aesthetic Perception | 29 |
Recognition and Response | 71 |
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aesthetic appreciation aesthetic attitude aesthetic description aesthetic experience aesthetic features aesthetic interest aesthetic judgement aesthetic object aesthetic perception analogy analysis answer apply argue argument aspect asserted ation attempt beautiful behaviour belief Chapter cognitive concept criteria criterion describe desire distinction duck emotion empiricist example explain expression fact feeling G. E. M. Anscombe give Goodman H. P. Grice hearing hence HP sauce I. A. Richards idea identity imagery imagination independent intention intentional object intentionality involves kind knowledge language logical look meaning melody mental mind moral judgement nature normal notion object of aesthetic P. T. Geach painting particular philosophers philosophy of mind picture poem possible predicate properties proposition question R. M. Hare reason reference relation representation response seems semantic theory sense sentences similar simply someone suggest suppose symbol taste theory of aesthetic thing thought truth conditions unasserted understanding visual Wittgenstein words