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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... perception , a theory which derives from Hutcheson , and which has been one of the mainstays of empiricism for at least two centuries . This is the theory that to appreciate an object aesthetic- ally is to ' perceive ' its aesthetic ...
... perception , a theory which derives from Hutcheson , and which has been one of the mainstays of empiricism for at least two centuries . This is the theory that to appreciate an object aesthetic- ally is to ' perceive ' its aesthetic ...
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... perception amount to if the latter is always involved in the former ? Here is an argument for saying that ' seeing as ' is always in- volved in ordinary perception : it is often possible to find a trick of thought that will enable us to ...
... perception amount to if the latter is always involved in the former ? Here is an argument for saying that ' seeing as ' is always in- volved in ordinary perception : it is often possible to find a trick of thought that will enable us to ...
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... perception ( although here it is a question of the intentionality of a perception rather than the intentionality of a feeling ) . When I see a as b , or see b in a , then my perception has two immediate objects : a ( which is also the ...
... perception ( although here it is a question of the intentionality of a perception rather than the intentionality of a feeling ) . When I see a as b , or see b in a , then my perception has two immediate objects : a ( which is also the ...
Contents
The Individuality of the Aesthetic Object | 15 |
Aesthetic Perception | 29 |
Recognition and Response | 71 |
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