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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... taste ' , reminding us not to give a moral emphasis to the question . Of course , this by no means implies that reasons cannot be given for or against aesthetic judgement , or that there is no such thing as accepting a reason or ...
... taste ' , reminding us not to give a moral emphasis to the question . Of course , this by no means implies that reasons cannot be given for or against aesthetic judgement , or that there is no such thing as accepting a reason or ...
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... taste and smell cannot embody sufficient of the intellect to be involved in the appreciation of art.15 In this he was repeating Aquinas16 who argued that we cannot speak of beautiful tastes and smells , since the perception of beauty ...
... taste and smell cannot embody sufficient of the intellect to be involved in the appreciation of art.15 In this he was repeating Aquinas16 who argued that we cannot speak of beautiful tastes and smells , since the perception of beauty ...
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... taste - taste in the sense of reasoned discrimi- nation , and not in the sense of savouring impressions . And taste brings certain normative attitudes in its train . A partial expla- nation of these attitudes will be achieved , then ...
... taste - taste in the sense of reasoned discrimi- nation , and not in the sense of savouring impressions . And taste brings certain normative attitudes in its train . A partial expla- nation of these attitudes will be achieved , then ...
Contents
The Individuality of the Aesthetic Object | 15 |
Aesthetic Perception | 29 |
Recognition and Response | 71 |
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