Philosophy: aesthetics

Through the whole history of mankind philosophers have taken pride in being reasonable agents.

This volume is the first collection of articles dedicated to Ludwig Wittgenstein's thoughts on colour, focusing in particular on his so-called Remarks on Colour, a piece of writing that has received comparably little attention from Wittgenstein scholars.

The book is the first English translation of Nicolai Hartmann's final book, published in 1953.

This volume is the first collection of articles dedicated to Ludwig Wittgenstein's thoughts on colour, focusing in particular on his so-called Remarks on Colour, a piece of writing that has received comparably little attention from Wittgenstein scholars.

Through the whole history of mankind philosophers have taken pride in being reasonable agents.

The category of theatrical character has been swiftly dismissed in the academic reception of no-longer-dramatic texts and performances.

Wittgenstein has written a great number of remarks relevant to aesthetical issues: he has questioned the relation between aesthetics and psychology as well as the status of our norms of judgment; he has drawn philosophers' attention to such topics as aspect-seeing and aspect-dawning, and has brought insights into the nature of our aesthetic reactions.

The articles in this volume discuss the relation between values and ontology, focusing on the significance of ontology for ethics and aesthetics, i.

Philosophic attention shifted after Hegel from Kant's emphasis on sensibility to criticism and analyses of the fine arts.

This is the first volume devoted to the aesthetics of the Graz school.

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) supported the unification of Europe and reflected on this like few other philosophers before or after him.

The book is the first English translation of Nicolai Hartmann's final book, published in 1953.

This volume consists of the revised and expanded versions of the papers presented at the International Conference "e;Nietzsche On Instinct and Language"e;, held at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Portugal) in December 2009.