Philosophy: aesthetics

By taking a distinctively institutional approach, Catharine Abell provides a unified solution to a wide range of philosophical problems raised by fiction.

Johann Gottfried Herder (1744-1803) is a towering figure in modern thought, but one who has hitherto been severely underappreciated.

Johann Gottfried Herder (1744-1803) is a towering figure in modern thought, but one who has hitherto been severely underappreciated.

No values figure as pervasively and intimately in our lives as beauty and other aesthetic values.

No values figure as pervasively and intimately in our lives as beauty and other aesthetic values.

Aesthetics is a branch of philosophy that explores the nature of art, beauty, and taste.

Aesthetics is a branch of philosophy that explores the nature of art, beauty, and taste.

We live in a time of linguistic plainness.

What is art?

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Within the newly thriving field of ancient Greek and Roman performance and dance studies, The Anatomy of Dance Discourse offers a fresh and original perspective on ancient perceptions of dance.

Within the newly thriving field of ancient Greek and Roman performance and dance studies, The Anatomy of Dance Discourse offers a fresh and original perspective on ancient perceptions of dance.

Algebraic Art explores the invention of a peculiarly Victorian account of the nature and value of aesthetic form, and it traces that account to a surprising source: mathematics.

Algebraic Art explores the invention of a peculiarly Victorian account of the nature and value of aesthetic form, and it traces that account to a surprising source: mathematics.

Art and Belief presents twelve new essays at the intersection of philosophy of mind and philosophy of art, particularly to do with the relation between belief and truth in our experience of art.

Art and Belief presents twelve new essays at the intersection of philosophy of mind and philosophy of art, particularly to do with the relation between belief and truth in our experience of art.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing first published Laokoon, oder uber die Grenzen der Mahlerey und Poesie (Laocoon, or on the Limits of Painting and Poetry) in 1766.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing first published Laokoon, oder uber die Grenzen der Mahlerey und Poesie (Laocoon, or on the Limits of Painting and Poetry) in 1766.

This volume presents new philosophical essays on a topic that's been neglected in most recent philosophy: games, sports, and play.

This volume presents new philosophical essays on a topic that's been neglected in most recent philosophy: games, sports, and play.

Only Imagine offers a theory of fictional content or, as it is sometimes known, 'fictional truth'.

Only Imagine offers a theory of fictional content or, as it is sometimes known, 'fictional truth'.

Yuriko Saito explores the nature and significance of the aesthetic dimensions of people's everyday life.

Philosophers say what art is and then scientists and then other scholars study how we are equipped, cognitively and socially, to make art and appreciate it.

Philosophers say what art is and then scientists and then other scholars study how we are equipped, cognitively and socially, to make art and appreciate it.

A Naive Realist Theory of Colour defends the view that colours are mind-independent properties of things in the environment, that are distinct from properties identified by the physical sciences.

Intersections of Value investigates the universal human need for aesthetic experience.

Intersections of Value investigates the universal human need for aesthetic experience.

In the mid-1950s C.

In the mid-1950s C.

The epistemology and the phenomenology of perception are closely related insofar as both depend on experiences of self-evident objectivity--experiences in which the objectivity of a state of affairs is evident from within our experience of that state of affairs.

Art and Abstract Objects presents a lively philosophical exchange between the philosophy of art and the core areas of philosophy.

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Art and Pornography presents a series of essays which investigate the artistic status and aesthetic dimension of pornographic pictures, films, and literature, and explores the distinction, if there is any, between pornography and erotic art.

Nietzsche was not interested in the nature of art as such, or in providing an aesthetic theory of a traditional sort.

Anthony Everett defends the commonsense view that there are no such things as fictional people, places, and things.

The Epistemology of Disagreement brings together essays from a dozen philosophers on the epistemic significance of disagreement; all but one of the essays are new.

This book articulates a new approach to medieval aesthetic values, emphasizing the sensory and emotional basis of all medieval arts, their love of play and fine craftsmanship, of puzzles, and of strong contrasts.

What is the difference between judging someone to be good and judging them to be kind?

Yuriko Saito explores the nature and significance of the aesthetic dimensions of people's everyday life.

Humans have engaged in artistic and aesthetic activities since the appearance of our species.

Humans have engaged in artistic and aesthetic activities since the appearance of our species.

This volume presents a new collection of essays, all of them dealing with music, by Jerrold Levinson, one of the most prominent philosophers of art today.

Through much of the twentieth century, philosophical thinking about works of art, design, and other aesthetic products has emphasized intuitive and reflective methods, often tied to the idea that philosophy's business is primarily to analyze concepts.

'Pain and pleasure are simple ideas, incapable of definition.

'Pain and pleasure are simple ideas, incapable of definition.

Although few philosophers agree about what it is for something to be art, most, if not all, agree on one thing: art must be in some sense intention dependent.

Stephen Mulhall presents a series of multiply interrelated essays which together make up an original study of selfhood (subjectivity or personal identity).

The Critical Imagination is a study of metaphor, imaginativeness, and criticism of the arts.

Margaret Boden presents a series of essays in which she explores the nature of creativity in a wide range of art forms.