Table of Contents

• • Preface   
  • Acknowledgments   
  • General Introduction    1
• Pt. I    Identifying Art    7
  • 1    The Role of Theory in Aesthetics    12
  • 2    What Makes a Situation Aesthetic?    19
  • 3    The Artworld    27
  • 4    Defining Art Historically    35
  • 5    The New Institutional Theory of Art    47
  • 6    An Aesthetic Definition of Art    55
  • 7    Weitz’s Anti-Essentialism    63
• Pt. II    Ontology of Art    69
  • 8    The Ontological Peculiarity of Works of Art    73
  • 9    What a Musical Work Is    78
  • 10    Platonism in Music: A Kind of Defense    92
  • 11    Art Works as Action Types    103
• Pt. III    Aesthetic Properties    123
  • 12    Aesthetic Concepts    127
  • 13    Categories of Art    142
  • 14    The Possibility of Aesthetic Realism    158
• Pt. IV    Intention and Interpretation    173
  • 15    The "Meaning" of a Literary Work    177
  • 16    Intentions and Interpretations: A Fallacy Revived    189
  • 17    Intention and Interpretation in Literature    200
  • 18    The Constructivist’s Dilemma    223
• Pt. V    Values of Art    233
  • 19    Aesthetic Appraisal and Works of Art    237
  • 20    Particularity, Art and Evaluation    243
  • 21    The Test of Time    253
  • 22    Artistic Value    262
  • 23    Tragedy and Moral Value    274
  • 24    The Ethical Criticism of Art    283
• Pt. VI    Fictionality    295
  • 25    How Can We Be Moved by the Fate of Anna Karenina?    300
  • 26    Fearing Fictions    307
  • 27    The Logical Status of Fictional Discourse    320
  • 28    How Can We Fear and Pity Fictions?    328
  • 29    On the Cognitive Triviality of Art    337
• Pt. VII    Pictorial Art    345
  • 30    Are Representations Symbols?    349
  • 31    Photography and Representation    359
  • 32    Originals, Copies, and Aesthetic Value    375
  • 33    How Pictures Look    383
  • 34    On Pictorial Representation    396
• Pt. VIII    Literature    407
  • 35    Style and Personality in the Literary Work    411
  • 36    Literary Aesthetics and Literary Practice    422
  • 37    The Death of the Author: An Analytical Autopsy    433
• Pt. IX    Music    443
  • 38    Understanding Music    448
  • 39    The Profundity of Music    463
  • 40    The Expression and Arousal of Emotion in Music    470
• Pt. X    Popular Art    481
  • 41    The Power of Movies    485
  • 42    Prolegomena to Any Aesthetics of Rock Music    498
  • 43    Rock versus Classical Music    505
• Pt. XI    Aesthetics of Nature    517
  • 44    Contemporary Aesthetics and the Neglect of Natural Beauty    521
  • 45    Appreciation and the Natural Environment    535
  • 46    The Aesthetic Appreciation of Nature    543
  • Index    554