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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... least accepted that art has some kind of autonomy , which is to say that we appreciate art not as a means to some end , but as an end in itself . Even if there are examples of works of art - buildings , martial music and jars that have ...
... least accepted that art has some kind of autonomy , which is to say that we appreciate art not as a means to some end , but as an end in itself . Even if there are examples of works of art - buildings , martial music and jars that have ...
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... least establish that there are no sufficient conditions ( in terms of non - aesthetic features ) for the truth of an aesthetic description . No list of non - aesthetic features can entail an aesthetic judgement . But it is open to ...
... least establish that there are no sufficient conditions ( in terms of non - aesthetic features ) for the truth of an aesthetic description . No list of non - aesthetic features can entail an aesthetic judgement . But it is open to ...
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... least ' - a judgement whose acceptance is easier to demand . Now it is an interesting fact that this breakdown of propositional form occurs more readily for some classes of judgement than it does for others . While it is possible to ...
... least ' - a judgement whose acceptance is easier to demand . Now it is an interesting fact that this breakdown of propositional form occurs more readily for some classes of judgement than it does for others . While it is possible to ...
Contents
The Individuality of the Aesthetic Object | 15 |
Aesthetic Perception | 29 |
Recognition and Response | 71 |
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