Philosophy looks at the arts : contemporary readings in aesthetics
Offers an introduction to analytic aesthetics. This book helps define the structure of aesthetics in 24 articles.
Print Book, English, 1987
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Temple University Press, Philadelphia, 1987
xii, 605 pages ; 24 cm
9780877224396, 9780877224402, 0877224390, 0877224404
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Preface Part I: The Nature of Aesthetic Interests 1. The Aesthetic Point of View -- Monroe C . Beardsley 2. Piece: Contra Aesthetics -- Timothy Binkley 3. Aesthetic Theory and the Experience of Art -- R. K . Elliott Bibliography Part II: Aesthetic Qualities 4. Aesthetic Concepts -- F . N. Sibley 5. Categories of Art -- Kendall L . Walton Bibliography Part III: The Definition of Art 6. The Role of Theory in Aesthetics -- Morris Weitz 7 . The Artworld -- Arthur Danto 8 . Creativity in the Arts -- Jack Glickman Bibliography Part IV: The Ontology of Art 9. Art and Its Objects -- Richard Wollheim 10. Toward an Ontology of Art Works -- Nicholas Wolterstorff 11. The Ontological Peculiarity of Works of Art -- Joseph Margolis Bibliography Part V: Representation in Art 12. Reality Remade -- Nelson Goodman 13. On Drawing an Object -- Richard Wollheim 14. Depiction, Vision, and Convention -- Patrick Maynard Bibliography Part VI: The Intentional Fallacy and Expressive Qualities 15. The Intentional Fallacy -- W. K. Wimsatt and Monroe C. Beardsley 16. Intention and Interpretation in Criticism -- Frank Cioffi 17. Expressive Properties of Art -- Guy Sircello 18. Art and Expression: A Critique -- Alan Tormey Bibliography Part VII: The Objectivity of Criticism 19. The Testability of an Interpretation -- Monroe C. Beardsley 20. Robust Relativism -- Joseph Margolis 21. Critical Communication -- Arnold Isenberg Bibliography Part VIII: Fiction and Metaphor 22. The Language of Fiction -- Margaret Macdonald 23. Possible but Unactual Objects: On What There Isn't -- Alvin Plantinga 24. Metaphor -- Max Black Bibliography Notes on the Contributors Index