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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... important to note what it does not say . For a start nothing definite has been said about the nature of the ... importance of association in the appreciation of art.4 The temptation is to say that I am not merely associating fatness and ...
... important to note what it does not say . For a start nothing definite has been said about the nature of the ... importance of association in the appreciation of art.4 The temptation is to say that I am not merely associating fatness and ...
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... important will be apparent shortly . But it needs to be said immediately that to conclude that imagery just is a species of thought is to ignore two very important features of imagery , in addition to those mentioned , which it is ...
... important will be apparent shortly . But it needs to be said immediately that to conclude that imagery just is a species of thought is to ignore two very important features of imagery , in addition to those mentioned , which it is ...
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... 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 transformations of the declarative ...
... 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 transformations of the declarative ...
Contents
The Individuality of the Aesthetic Object | 15 |
Aesthetic Perception | 29 |
Recognition and Response | 71 |
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