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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... fact ' stand between brute facts and values.4 We should not therefore expect to find any proof of the logical autonomy of aesthetic description by attempting to show that aesthetic descriptions lack criteria . For this can never be ...
... fact ' stand between brute facts and values.4 We should not therefore expect to find any proof of the logical autonomy of aesthetic description by attempting to show that aesthetic descriptions lack criteria . For this can never be ...
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... fact alone . It is an important fact that a word is used as an adjective , a fact that prevents us from explaining its meaning as that of an interjection . An adjective occurs in sentences that can undergo all the logical ...
... fact alone . It is an important fact that a word is used as an adjective , a fact that prevents us from explaining its meaning as that of an interjection . An adjective occurs in sentences that can undergo all the logical ...
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... fact that we apply the descrip- tion ' man ' to all men , other than the simple fact that this is how we classify . Then , of course , there will be no explanation why we call a man a man , why we use the term ' man ' to apply to just ...
... fact that we apply the descrip- tion ' man ' to all men , other than the simple fact that this is how we classify . Then , of course , there will be no explanation why we call a man a man , why we use the term ' man ' to apply to just ...
Contents
The Individuality of the Aesthetic Object | 15 |
Aesthetic Perception | 29 |
Recognition and Response | 71 |
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