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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... reason for describing him as intelligent : this is part of what we mean by intelligence so that , were this fact or feature to cease to give a reason for the judgement , the concept of intelligence would thereby have changed . This ...
... reason for describing him as intelligent : this is part of what we mean by intelligence so that , were this fact or feature to cease to give a reason for the judgement , the concept of intelligence would thereby have changed . This ...
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... reason for a work's being , say , sad , could be given as a reason for some other work's being boring or staid , and any two works could be sad for quite different , and often conflicting , reasons . Therefore , ' reason ' in aesthetic ...
... reason for a work's being , say , sad , could be given as a reason for some other work's being boring or staid , and any two works could be sad for quite different , and often conflicting , reasons . Therefore , ' reason ' in aesthetic ...
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... reason for the desire and not just an explanation or a cause . The desire for food has no reason in this sense , whereas to want something ' for its own sake ' is to want it for a reason . ' For its own sake ' is a ' description under ...
... reason for the desire and not just an explanation or a cause . The desire for food has no reason in this sense , whereas to want something ' for its own sake ' is to want it for a reason . ' For its own sake ' is a ' description under ...
Contents
The Individuality of the Aesthetic Object | 15 |
Aesthetic Perception | 29 |
Recognition and Response | 71 |
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