Dabney Townsend

Hume's Aesthetic Theory

Taste and Sentiment

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Hume's Aesthetic Theory examines the neglected area of the development of aesthetics in empiricist thinking, exploring the link between the empiricist background of aesthetics in the eighteenth century and the work of David Hume. This is a major contribution to our understanding of Hume's general philosophy and provides fresh insights into the history of aesthetics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. November 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 162mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9780415233965
• ISBN-10: 0415233968
• Artikelnr.: 22394018

Autorenporträt

Dabney Townsend is Professor of Philosophy at Armstrong Atlantic University, Georgia, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1 SHAFTESBURY AND HUME
Chapter 2 TASTE
Chapter 3 HUME'S APPEAL TO SENTIMENT
Chapter 4 THE AESTHETIC/MORAL ANALOGY
Chapter 5 RULES
Chapter 6 THE PROBLEM OF A STANDARD OF TASTE
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Index