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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... theory , the semantic theory does not give an ultimate answer to the question ' What is it for a sentence to have meaning ? ' Rather , it aims to offer a recursive answer to the question ' What meaning does any given sentence have ...
... theory , the semantic theory does not give an ultimate answer to the question ' What is it for a sentence to have meaning ? ' Rather , it aims to offer a recursive answer to the question ' What meaning does any given sentence have ...
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... theory : for how could meanings be assigned to such sentences ? However , this is not so : the problems that arise in the case of such sentences are difficulties in the analysis of individual predicates , and a semantic theory says ...
... theory : for how could meanings be assigned to such sentences ? However , this is not so : the problems that arise in the case of such sentences are difficulties in the analysis of individual predicates , and a semantic theory says ...
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... theory , it is also true that the arguments that lead us to accept the semantic theory as a genuine account of meaning present a new problem for our analysis . For these arguments suggest that the meaning of a sentence is given by the ...
... theory , it is also true that the arguments that lead us to accept the semantic theory as a genuine account of meaning present a new problem for our analysis . For these arguments suggest that the meaning of a sentence is given by the ...
Contents
The Individuality of the Aesthetic Object | 15 |
Aesthetic Perception | 29 |
Recognition and Response | 71 |
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