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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... seems then that in this gradual change from seeing the photograph as a man to merely imagining the man without the photograph something remained the same . It seems , then , that the strange mixture of the sensory and the intellectual ...
... seems then that in this gradual change from seeing the photograph as a man to merely imagining the man without the photograph something remained the same . It seems , then , that the strange mixture of the sensory and the intellectual ...
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... seems to imply , as our theory seems to imply , that it is only a contingent truth that the principal objects of aesthetic interest are works of art . The opposite view is certainly more attractive . It has been argued on several sides ...
... seems to imply , as our theory seems to imply , that it is only a contingent truth that the principal objects of aesthetic interest are works of art . The opposite view is certainly more attractive . It has been argued on several sides ...
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... seems to do some justice to the extreme radicalism of Goodman's approach and to his determined rejection of all ' ultimate explanations ' . But this radicalism also has its drawbacks , and while on one level it seems to render the ...
... seems to do some justice to the extreme radicalism of Goodman's approach and to his determined rejection of all ' ultimate explanations ' . But this radicalism also has its drawbacks , and while on one level it seems to render the ...
Contents
The Individuality of the Aesthetic Object | 15 |
Aesthetic Perception | 29 |
Recognition and Response | 71 |
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