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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... normal description only if one has the appropriate belief . We have been asking such questions as ' What is an ... normal referential function of my word is , as it were , held in abeyance , but if what I say is to be understood then the ...
... normal description only if one has the appropriate belief . We have been asking such questions as ' What is an ... normal referential function of my word is , as it were , held in abeyance , but if what I say is to be understood then the ...
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... normal conditions of adequacy , including the condition that it should be possible to formulate a schema corresponding to ( B ) above . It will be possible to incorporate into this language new expressions that lack criteria , by ...
... normal conditions of adequacy , including the condition that it should be possible to formulate a schema corresponding to ( B ) above . It will be possible to incorporate into this language new expressions that lack criteria , by ...
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... normal circumstances , and going only on the basis of the way a looks , X would take a to be b ( believe a to be b ) . In other words , identity of appearance involves the permanent possibility of illusion . This is not to say that X ...
... normal circumstances , and going only on the basis of the way a looks , X would take a to be b ( believe a to be b ) . In other words , identity of appearance involves the permanent possibility of illusion . This is not to say that X ...
Contents
The Individuality of the Aesthetic Object | 15 |
Aesthetic Perception | 29 |
Recognition and Response | 71 |
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