An Introduction to the Philosophy of Art

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An Introduction to the Philosophy of Art An Introduction to the Philosophy of Artis a clear and compact survey of philosophical ...

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An Introduction to the Philosophy of Art Second edition RICHARD ELDRIDGE Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania ...

University Printing House, Cambridge CB2 8BS, United Kingdom Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University P ...

Contents Acknowledgments pageviii ...

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1 The situation and tasks of the philosophy of art Preface to the second edition xi Who needs a theory of art? Philosophy as ar ...

Acknowledgments Hilary Gaskin suggested this book project to me. She secured insightful readers for my first proposal, and their ...

I am pleased to think of myself as connected with him not only by philosoph- ical interests, but also in sharing a common extend ...

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Preface to the second edition Once again I am grateful to Hilary Gaskin, this time for proposing this revised and expanded editi ...

hosted by Susan Feagin; we are all indebted to her for her efficiency and extraordinary hospitality. I cannot imagine a better s ...

1 The situation and tasks of the philosophy of art Who needs a theory of art? For almost all people in almost all cultures, eith ...

seems to be not exactly the same kind of thought that is involved in solving standard problems of trade, manufacture, or knowled ...

to displace the narrative art of Homer in the job of orienting fourth-century bceGreek culture. Barnett Newman’s famous quip tha ...

to the genuine varieties of art. As a result, the prospects for working criticism that is clearly guided by a settled definition ...

Good...may be seen as enlightening particular scenes and setting the specialized moral virtues and insights into their required ...

cultures (and not clearly among other animals).^11 Children typically delight in the activities of play, gesture, and imitation ...

world and experiences not simply for the sake of private fantasy, not simply for the sake of instrumental communication about im ...