Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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978-0-7425-6436-7 • Hardback • April 2010 • $165.00 • (£127.00)
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Robert Stecker is professor of philosophy at Central Michigan University. Ted Gracyk is professor of philosophy at Minnesota State University Moorehead.
Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Part I: Environmental Aesthetics: Natural Beauty
Chapter 3 Introduction
Chapter 4 "Nature, Aesthetic Judgment, and Objectivity"
Chapter 5 "Interpreting Environments"
Chapter 6 "Fact and Fiction in the Aesthetic Appreciation of Nature"
Chapter 7 "Do Non-Native Species Threaten the Natural Environment?"
Chapter 8 Further Reading
Chapter 9 Part II: Conceptions of Aesthetics: Aesthetic Experience
Chapter 10 Introduction
Chapter 11 "Analytic of the Beautiful"
Chapter 12 "What Makes a Situation Aesthetic"
Chapter 13 "Art and the Domain of the Aesthetic"
Chapter 14 "Aesthetic Communication"
Chapter 15 Further Reading
Chapter 16 Part III: Conceptions of the Aesthetic: Aesthetic Properties
Chapter 17 Introduction
Chapter 18 "Of the Standard of Taste"
Chapter 19 "Objectivity and Aesthetics"
Chapter 20 "Sensitivity, Sensibility, and Aesthetic Realism"
Chapter 21 "Aesthetic Properties, Evaluative Force, and Differences in Sensibility"
Chapter 22 Further Reading
Chapter 23 Part IV: What Is Art?
Chapter 24 Introduction
Chapter 25 From The Principles of Art
Chapter 26 "An Aesthetic Definition of Art"
Chapter 27 From The Art Circle
Chapter 28 "Non-Western Art and Art's Definition"
Chapter 29 Further Reading
Chapter 30 Part V: What Kind of Object is a Work of Art?
Chapter 31 Introduction
Chapter 32 From Art its Objects
Chapter 33 "Interpretation: Process and Structure"
Chapter 34 "Musical Works as Eternal Types"
Chapter 35 "Types, Indicated and Initiated"
Chapter 36 Further Reading
Chapter 37 Part VI: Interpretation and the Problem of the Relevant Intention
Chapter 38 Introduction
Chapter 39 "An Intentional Demonstration"
Chapter 40 "A Paradox in Intentionalism"
Chapter 41 "On What a Text Is and How It Means"
Chapter 42 "Allusion and Intention in Popular Art"
Chapter 43 Further Reading
Chapter 44 Part VII: Representation: Fiction
Chapter 45 Introduction
Chapter 46 "The Logical Status of Fictional Discourse"
Chapter 47 "What is Fiction?"
Chapter 48 "How Can We Fear and Pity Fictions?"
Chapter 49 "Spelunking, Simulation, and Slime: On Being Moved by Fiction"
Chapter 50 Further Reading
Chapter 51 Part VIII: Representation: Depiction
Chapter 52 Introduction
Chapter 53 "Seeing-as, Seeing-in, and Pictorial Representation"
Chapter 54 "Pictorial Recognition"
Chapter 55 "Pictorial Art and Visual Experience"
Chapter 56 Further Reading
Chapter 57 Part IX: Expressiveness in Music
Chapter 58 Introduction
Chapter 59 From The Beautiful in Music
Chapter 60 From Musical Meaning and Expression
Chapter 61 From Deeper than Reason
Chapter 62 Further Reading
Chapter 63 Part X: Artistic Value
Chapter 64 Introduction
Chapter 65 "Aesthetic Judgment, Principles, and Properties"
Chapter 66 "Art and Interaction"
Chapter 67 "Empiricism and the Heresy of the Separable Value"
Chapter 68 Further Reading
Chapter 69 Part XI: Ethical, Aesthetic and Artistic Value
Chapter 70 Introduction
Chapter 71 "The Ethical Criticism of Art"
Chapter 72 "Tragedy and Moral Value"
Chapter 73 "Art, Morality and Ethics: On the (Im)moral Character of Art Works and Inter-Relations to Artistic Value"
Chapter 74 "Aesthetics as a Guide to Ethics"
Chapter 75 Further Reading
Chapter 76 Part XII: The Humanly Made Environment
Chapter 77 Introduction
Chapter 78 "Architectural Principles in an Age of Nihilism"
Chapter 79 "Art and Architecture"
Chapter 80 "Reconsidering the Aesthetics of Architecture"
Chapter 81 Further Reading
Chapter 82 Index
This is an outstanding blend of essays that address topical and foundational issues in both philosophical aesthetics and the philosophy of art. The selections, judiciously chosen and supplemented with clear and astute introductions, provide a thorough and lively overview of contemporary debates.
— Philip Alperson, Temple University
This outstanding collection brings together the best work in aesthetics and the analytic philosophy of art, with comprehensive coverage of a full spread of topics. The editors judiciously combine "classic" writings with contemporary discussions, choosing material that is both central and accessible. This reader provides an invaluable resource for students.
— Stephen Davies, The University of Auckland