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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... philosophers of an idealist cast aesthetics has never detached itself from the philosophy of mind : such philosophers have produced theories of thought , feeling and imagination that give a central and intelligible place to the ...
... philosophers of an idealist cast aesthetics has never detached itself from the philosophy of mind : such philosophers have produced theories of thought , feeling and imagination that give a central and intelligible place to the ...
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... philosopher's sleight of hand , a bewilder- ing multitude of mental items , as though ultimately they must exhibit a common structure . But why must they ? What is ... philosophers to follow Kant The Individuality of the Aesthetic Object 17.
... philosopher's sleight of hand , a bewilder- ing multitude of mental items , as though ultimately they must exhibit a common structure . But why must they ? What is ... philosophers to follow Kant The Individuality of the Aesthetic Object 17.
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... philosophers to follow Kant in this , and this has led to a great many attempts to delimit what is aes- thetic in ... philosopher's construction . Confirmation of this second intuition - that the aesthetic object is not treated as a ...
... philosophers to follow Kant in this , and this has led to a great many attempts to delimit what is aes- thetic in ... philosopher's construction . Confirmation of this second intuition - that the aesthetic object is not treated as a ...
Contents
The Individuality of the Aesthetic Object | 15 |
Aesthetic Perception | 29 |
Recognition and Response | 71 |
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