Consider all. Test All. Hold on to the good.
Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art
Peter Lamarque and Stein Haugom Olsen, eds. (Wiley-Blackwell: Nov 3, 2003), 592 pages.
Table of Contents
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- 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