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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... desire . For although it seems plausible at first to say that an interest in a scene for its own sake can be explained entirely in terms of a desire to go on observing it , there could be all sorts of reasons why such a desire exists ...
... desire . For although it seems plausible at first to say that an interest in a scene for its own sake can be explained entirely in terms of a desire to go on observing it , there could be all sorts of reasons why such a desire exists ...
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... desire to observe it , where there is no point at which this desire to observe can be said to be satisfied ( although it may at some point cease ) . There are certain considerations that should persuade us that this is not the notion of ...
... desire to observe it , where there is no point at which this desire to observe can be said to be satisfied ( although it may at some point cease ) . There are certain considerations that should persuade us that this is not the notion of ...
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... desire to go on hearing , looking at , or in some other way having experience of X , where there is no reason for this desire in terms of any other desire or appetite that the experience of X may fulfil , and where the desire arises out ...
... desire to go on hearing , looking at , or in some other way having experience of X , where there is no reason for this desire in terms of any other desire or appetite that the experience of X may fulfil , and where the desire arises out ...
Contents
The Individuality of the Aesthetic Object | 15 |
Aesthetic Perception | 29 |
Recognition and Response | 71 |
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