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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... founded on beliefs or judgements . It is because I think that something is harmful that I am afraid of it , and so on . Thus the formal object seems to result from a belief or judgement on which the mental state is founded . I believe ...
... founded on beliefs or judgements . It is because I think that something is harmful that I am afraid of it , and so on . Thus the formal object seems to result from a belief or judgement on which the mental state is founded . I believe ...
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... founded on belief or judgement at all . The activity of imagination is - as I shall argue - essentially contrasted ... founded on belief in the sadness of its object , and hence does not have a formal object of the kind already described ...
... founded on belief or judgement at all . The activity of imagination is - as I shall argue - essentially contrasted ... founded on belief in the sadness of its object , and hence does not have a formal object of the kind already described ...
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... founded on a belief , and in the other case it is founded on a mere ' unasserted ' thought . How , then , can the emotions be comparable , and how can the one be used to identify and make clear the nature of the other ? We see that our ...
... founded on a belief , and in the other case it is founded on a mere ' unasserted ' thought . How , then , can the emotions be comparable , and how can the one be used to identify and make clear the nature of the other ? We see that our ...
Contents
The Individuality of the Aesthetic Object | 15 |
Aesthetic Perception | 29 |
Recognition and Response | 71 |
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