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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... meanings . But that implies that we have criteria for sameness and difference of meaning . In view of the scepticism with which such a claim is frequently greeted , it is wise to begin with a few remarks about the notion of ambiguity.1 ...
... meanings . But that implies that we have criteria for sameness and difference of meaning . In view of the scepticism with which such a claim is frequently greeted , it is wise to begin with a few remarks about the notion of ambiguity.1 ...
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... meaning . There are two standard approaches in contemporary philosophy to the theory of meaning : through the analysis of speech - acts , and through the study of semantics . The concept of meaning is applicable both to what is done ...
... meaning . There are two standard approaches in contemporary philosophy to the theory of meaning : through the analysis of speech - acts , and through the study of semantics . The concept of meaning is applicable both to what is done ...
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... meaning , by showing what it is to use and understand linguistic forms in the practice of communication . The second tells us how it is that we can assign a distinct ' meaning ' to any sentence . Unlike the speech - act theory , the ...
... meaning , by showing what it is to use and understand linguistic forms in the practice of communication . The second tells us how it is that we can assign a distinct ' meaning ' to any sentence . Unlike the speech - act theory , the ...
Contents
The Individuality of the Aesthetic Object | 15 |
Aesthetic Perception | 29 |
Recognition and Response | 71 |
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