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Zusatztext This important collection by the prominent aesthetician Malcolm Budd brings together fourteen papers on the nature of aesthetics judgement and value, expression and movement in music, and depiction. In addition, there is a masterly analysis of and exposition of Kant's account of the pure judgement of taste and another of Wittgenstein's view of aesthetics ... Related chapters complement each other nicely without excessive overlap ... Philosophers of art will admire the unfussy care and insight with which Budd probes these intriguing topics, many of which lie at the 'abstract heart of aesthetics', as he rightly observes. I strongly recommend his book. Informationen zum Autor Malcolm Budd taught philosophy at University College London for more than thirty years before taking early retirement from the Grote chair to concentrate on his writing. He was elected Fellow of the British Academy in 1995 and became President of the British Society of Aesthetics in 2004. Klappentext Malcolm Budd presents a selection of his work in aesthetics. Some essays deal with the abstract heart of aesthetics: issues such as the nature and scope of the aesthetic! the validity of aesthetic judgements! realism and anti-realism! pleasure and value! and the aim of art. Others focus on specific art forms: music and pictorial representation. Zusammenfassung Malcolm Budd presents a selection of his work in aesthetics. Some essays deal with the abstract heart of aesthetics: issues such as the nature and scope of the aesthetic, the validity of aesthetic judgements, realism and anti-realism, pleasure and value, and the aim of art. Others focus on specific art forms: music and pictorial representation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: Aesthetic Judgements, Aesthetic Principles and Aesthetic Properties 2: Aesthetic Essence 3: The Acquaintance Principle 4: The Intersubjective Validity of Aesthetic Judgements 5: The Pure Judgement of Taste as an Aesthetic Reflective Judgement 6: Understanding Music 7: The Characterization of Aesthetic Qualities by Essential Metaphors and Quasi-Metaphors 8: Musical Movement and Aesthetic Metaphors 9: Aesthetic Realism and Emotional Qualities of Music 10: On Looking at a Picture 11: The Look of a Picture 12: Wollheim on Correspondence, Projective Properties and Expressive Perception 13: Wittgenstein on Aesthetics Index ...
