Foreword Peter Kirvy
Introduction
Part I. Beyond Aesthetics: 1. Art and interaction
2. Beauty and genealogy of art theory
3. Four concepts of aesthetic experience
Part II. Art, History, and Narrative: 4. Art, practice, and narrative
5. Identifying art
6. Historical narratives and the philosophy of art
7. On the narrative connection
8. Interpretation, history and narrative
Part III. Interpretation and Intention: 9. Art, intention, and conversation
10. Anglo-American aesthetics and contemporary criticism: intention and the hermeneutics of suspicion
11. The intention of fallacy: defending myself
12. Intention and interpretation: the debate between hypothetical and actual intentionalism
Part IV. Art, Emotion, and Morality: 13. Art, narrative, and emotion
14. Horror and humor
15. The paradox of suspense
16. Art, narrative, and moral understanding
17. Moderate moralism
18. Simulation, emotions, and morality
Part V. Alternative Topics: 19. On jokes
20. The paradox of junk fiction
21. Visual metaphor
22. On being moved by nature
23. Emotion, appreciation, and nature.
