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An Introduction to the Philosophy of Art
Richard Eldridge
Paperback - $55.95
Richard Eldridge's compact survey of philosophical theories of the nature and significance of art draws on materials from classical and contemporary philosophy as well as literary theory and art criticism. Eldridge explores the representational, expr ...
Nelson Goodman's Philosophy of Art
Catherine Z. Elgin
Hardcover - $338.95
b A challenger of traditions and boundaries /b A pivotal figure in 20th-century philosophy, Nelson Goodman has made seminal contributions to metaphysics, epistemology, aesthetics, and the philosophy of language, with surprising connections that cut a ...
Aesthetics in a Multicultural Age
Emory Elliott
Paperback - $113.95
Aesthetics in a Multicultural Age examines a variety of significant multidisciplinary and multicultural topics within the subject of aesthetics. Addressing the vexed relation of the arts and criticism to current political and cultural concerns, the c ...
Kant S Intuitionism
Lorne Falkenstein
Paperback - $86.95
Ever since the publication of his Critique of Pure Reason in 1781, Immanuel Kant has occupied a central position in the philosophical world. In Kant's Intuitionism - the most detailed study of Kant's views on the opening sections of the Critique sinc ...
Victorian Modernism : Pragmatism and the Varieties of Aesthetic Experience
Jessica R. Feldman
Hardcover - $174.95
Art in Context : Understanding Aesthetic Value
David E. W. Fenner
Paperback - $36.95
In "Art in Context: Understanding Aesthetic Value," philosopher David Fenner presents a straightforward, accessible overview of the arguments about the importance of considering the relevant context in determining the true merit of a work of art. Bas ...
Homo Aestheticus : The Invention of Taste in the Democratic Age
Luc Ferry
Hardcover - $91.95
Can subjective, individual taste be reconciled with an objective, universal standard? In "Homo Aestheticus, Luc Ferry argues that this central problem of aesthetic theory is fundamentally related to the political problem of democratic individualism. ...
Subversive Virtue : Asceticism and Authority in the Second-Century Pagan World
James A. Francis
Paperback - $52.95
Midwest Studies in Philosophy, Meaning in the Arts
P. French
Paperback - $82.95
This collection of articles from prominent philosophers and practitioners of the arts illuminates the notion of meaning in the arts, including literature, painting, music, and dance. Specific topics include the application of theory in literary criti ...