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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... simply an explanation of the fact that adjectives have the logical and grammatical place that they have . It is an independent question what speech - act the assertoric use of an adjective performs , and hence an open question whether ...
... simply an explanation of the fact that adjectives have the logical and grammatical place that they have . It is an independent question what speech - act the assertoric use of an adjective performs , and hence an open question whether ...
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... simply describe what I see . For example , I might say ' Because the workman stand- ing there looks very big against the light , and he moves his arms in a strange way ' . Again , if I am curious simply because I want to know why he ...
... simply describe what I see . For example , I might say ' Because the workman stand- ing there looks very big against the light , and he moves his arms in a strange way ' . Again , if I am curious simply because I want to know why he ...
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... simply fails to reach the right kind of complexity . It is perhaps for this reason that we say that a bird can have neither melody nor expression . For example , a bird cannot develop his song : he can only repeat it , as a musical box ...
... simply fails to reach the right kind of complexity . It is perhaps for this reason that we say that a bird can have neither melody nor expression . For example , a bird cannot develop his song : he can only repeat it , as a musical box ...
Contents
The Individuality of the Aesthetic Object | 15 |
Aesthetic Perception | 29 |
Recognition and Response | 71 |
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