A. L. Cothey

The Nature of Art (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Although various aesthetic themes have preoccupied many major philosophers, from Plato to Goodman, the central questions of the philosophy of art have remained ill-defined. This book gives a concise and systematic account of the leading philosophical ideas about art and aesthetics from ancient times to the present day, and goes on to propose a new theory of aesthetic satisfaction and artistic abilities.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. September 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134967377
• Artikelnr.: 38252636

Autorenporträt

A. L. Cothey

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; 1. Art is anomalous; 2. Forms of aesthetic scepticism: philistines and iconoclasts; 3. Historical note; 4. The central issues; 5. Aestheticism; Section 01 I Hedonism and the Theory of Taste; Section 01
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01 1. General objections; Section 01
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02 2. Beauty as a secondary quality: Hutcheson, Reid, Burke; Section 01
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03 3. Beauty as a primary quality: Santayana. Bell; Section 01
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04 4. Hume's theory; Section 02 II Theories that Assign a Direct Practical F'urpose to Art; Section 02
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01 1. Nutritional and medicinal analogies; Section 02
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02 2. General difficulties; Section 02
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03 3. Art as substitute satisfaction: Freud; Section 02
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04 4. Tolstoy's theory; Section 02
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05 5. Art as a pseudo
capacity: Plato; Section 02
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06 6. Beauty and inspiration: Plato; Section 02
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07 7. Metaphysical aestheticism: Plotinus; Section 03 III Perfection and the Play of Cognition; Section 03
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01 1. Aristotle's theory of pleasure; Section 03
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02 2. Beauty and perfection: a dilemma; Section 03
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03 3. Rationalist aesthetics: Leibniz, Baumgarten; Section 03
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04 4. Kant's theory (I): the existence of a non
cognitive aim of cognition; Section 03
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05 5. Kant's theory (2): the sublime and the moral signijicance of beauty; Section 04 IV Art as the Experience of Metaphysical Truth; Section 04
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01 1. The reception of Kant's theory: Schiller, Schelling; Section 04
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02 2. Art and nature: Schelling; Section 04
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03 3. Art as the 'sensuous presentation of the Absolute': Hegel; Section 04
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04 4. Hegel's iconoclasm; Section 04
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05 5. Art as respite: Schopenhauer; Section 04
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06 6. Schopenhauer on music; Section 04
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07 7. Conclusion: the needfor a theory offorms of knowledge; Section 05 V Art as Language; Section 05
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01 1. Knowledge by acquaintance; Section 05
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02 2. The phenomenological approach: Dufrenne; Section 05
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03 3. Croce's theory of intuition and expression; Section 05
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04 4. Presentational symbols: Langer; Section 05
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05 5. Art and the general theory of symbols: Goodman; Section 06 VI Art and Metaphor; Section 06
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01 1. The relevance of metaphor; Section 06
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02 2. Theories of metaphor; Section 06
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03 3. Literalist and tropist prejudices; Section 06
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04 4. Dead and faint metaphor; Section 06
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05 5. Viewpoints and exponability; Section 06
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06 6. Art as metaphor; Section 06
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07 7. Unanswered questions; Section 07 VII Virtues and Indirect Pleasures; Section 07
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01 1. A problem about pleasure and 'completeness'; Section 07
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02 2. Cognitive virtues; Section 07
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03 3. A pragmatic theory of beauty; Section 07
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04 4. Art as recreation; Section 07
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05 5. The 'institutional' theory of art; Section 07
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06 6. Cognitive pleasure: Aristotle on happiness; Section 08 VIII The Aim Behind Perception; Section 08
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01 1. Cognition and the essentially metaphorical; Section 08
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02 2. The intellect and the senses: Aristotle; Section 08
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03 3. Further problems in understanding particulars; Section 08
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04 4. The imagination as a pseudo
capacity; Section 08
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05 5. Perception and kinaesthetic experience; Section 08
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06 6. Productive skills and conceptual empathy; Section 09 IX Aesthetic Satisfaction; Section 09
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01 1. Peculiarities of aesthetic enjoyment; Section 09
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02 2. Perceptual knowledge; Section 09
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03 3. Aesthetic understanding (1): empathic enjoyment; Section 09
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04 4. Aesthetic understanding (2): beauty and necessity; Section 09
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05 5. Beauty and experiential knowledge; Section 10 X Art and Artistic Abilities; Section 10
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01 1. Questions about art; Section 10
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02 2. Two theories of artistic abilities; Section 10
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03 3. Creative imagination; Section 10
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04 4. Inspiration and works of art; Section 10
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05 5. Inspiration and artistic success; Section 10
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06 6. Understanding art; Section 10
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07 7. The value of art: aesthetic experience as a source of meaning; Bibliography; Index;