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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... understanding art it will no longer be possible to treat art simply as the object of a particu- lar experience – certainly not as the object of an experience that might equally be occasioned by a ... understanding art ' Understanding Art.
... understanding art it will no longer be possible to treat art simply as the object of a particu- lar experience – certainly not as the object of an experience that might equally be occasioned by a ... understanding art ' Understanding Art.
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... understanding a piece of music is to be analysed in terms of some experience that accompanies hearing . To picture understanding as an ' experience ' is to give an inchoate description of language.1 The comparison of music with language ...
... understanding a piece of music is to be analysed in terms of some experience that accompanies hearing . To picture understanding as an ' experience ' is to give an inchoate description of language.1 The comparison of music with language ...
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... understanding is the ability to see that one formula follows from another , and this ability is quite unlike the ability to see that one note or chord in music ' follows from ' its pre- decessor . It is an essential feature of the ...
... understanding is the ability to see that one formula follows from another , and this ability is quite unlike the ability to see that one note or chord in music ' follows from ' its pre- decessor . It is an essential feature of the ...
Contents
The Individuality of the Aesthetic Object | 15 |
Aesthetic Perception | 29 |
Recognition and Response | 71 |
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