Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art - The Analytic Tradition, an Anthology

For over fifty years, philosophers working within the broader remit of analytic philosophy have developed and refined a substantial body of work in aesthetics and the philosophy of art, curating a core foundation of scholarship which offers rigor and clarity on matters of profound and perennial interest relating to art and all forms of aesthetic appreciation. Now in its second edition and thoroughly revised, Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art--The Analytic Tradition: An Anthology captures this legacy in a comprehensive introduction to the core philosophical questions and conversations in aesthetics.
 
Through 57 key essays selected by leading scholars Peter Lamarque and Stein Haugom Olsen, this anthology collects modern classics as well as new contributions on essential topics such as the identification and ontology of art, interpretation, values of art, art and knowledge, and fiction and the imagination. New to this edition are selections which treat aesthetic experience more widely, including essays on the aesthetics of nature and aesthetics in everyday life. Other carefully-chosen pieces analyze the practice and experience of specific art forms in greater detail, including painting, photography, film, literature, music, and popular art such as comics.
 
This bestselling collection is an essential resource for students and scholars of aesthetics, designed to foster a foundational understanding of both long-standing and contemporary topics in the field.

List of contents

Acknowledgments x
 
Extracts from the General Introduction to the First Edition (2004) xiii
 
General Introduction to the Second Edition xvii
 
Part I Identifying Art 1
 
Introduction 3
 
1 The Artworld 7
Arthur C. Danto
 
2 The New Institutional Theory of Art 15
George Dickie
 
3 An Aesthetic Definition of Art 22
Monroe C. Beardsley
 
4 "But They Don't Have Our Concept of Art" 30
Denis Dutton
 
5 Nobody Needs a Theory of Art 43
Dominic McIver Lopes
 
6 Art: What it Is and Why it Matters 54
Catharine Abell
 
Part II Ontology of Art 67
 
Introduction 69
 
7 What a Musical Work Is 71
Jerrold Levinson
 
8 Defending Musical Platonism 84
Julian Dodd
 
9 Against Musical Ontology 98
Aaron Ridley
 
10 The Ontology of Art and Knowledge in Aesthetics 108
Amie L. Thomasson
 
Part III Aesthetic Properties and Aesthetic Experience 117
 
Introduction 119
 
11 Aesthetic Concepts 121
Frank Sibley
 
12 Categories of Art 134
Kendall L. Walton
 
13 In Defence of Moderate Aesthetic Formalism 149
Nick Zangwill
 
14 How to Be a Pessimist about Aesthetic Testimony 159
Robert Hopkins
 
15 Recent Approaches to Aesthetic Experience 170
Noël Carroll
 
Part IV Intention and Interpretation 183
 
Introduction 185
 
16 Intentions and Interpretations: A Fallacy Revived 187
Monroe C. Beardsley
 
17 The Literary Work as a Pliable Entity: Combining Realism and Pluralism 197
Torsten Pettersson
 
18 Authors' Intentions, Literary Interpretation, and Literary Value 208
Stephen Davies
 
Part V Values of Art 223
 
Introduction 225
 
19 Originals, Copies, and Aesthetic Value 229
Jack W. Meiland
 
20 Artistic Value 236
Malcolm Budd
 
21 The Ethical Criticism of Art 247
Berys Gaut
 
22 Artistic Value and Opportunistic Moralism 258
Eileen John
 
23 What's Wrong with the (Female) Nude? A Feminist Perspective on Art and Pornography 266
A.W. Eaton
 
Part VI Art and Knowledge 283
 
Introduction 285
 
24 On the Cognitive Triviality of Art 289
Jerome Stolnitz
 
25 Art and Moral Knowledge 295
Cynthia A. Freeland
 
26 Reading Fiction and Conceptual Knowledge: Philosophical Thought in Literary Context 310
Eileen John
 
27 Cognitive Values in the Arts: Marking the Boundaries 326
Peter Lamarque
 
Part VII Fictionality and Imagination 337
 
Introduction 339
 
28 Fearing Fictions 343
Kendall L. Walton
 
29 The Logical Status of Fictional Discourse 355
John Searle
 
30 The Expression of Feeling in Imagination 363
Richard Moran
 
31 The Puzzle of Imaginative Resistance 378
Tamar Szabó Gendler
 
32 Anne Brontë and the Uses of Imagination 393
Gregory Currie
 
33 Fiction as a Genre 402
Stacie Friend
 
Part VIII Pictorial Art 417
 
Introduction 419
 
34 On Pictorial Representation 421
Richard Wollheim
 
35 Pictorial Realism 431
Catharine Abell
 
36 Telling Pictures: The Place of Narrative in Late Modern 'Visual Art' 441
David Davies
 
Part IX Photography and Film 451
 
Introduction 453
 
37 Photography and Representation 457
Roger Scruton
 
38 Photography and Causation: Responding to Scruton's Scepticism 472
Dawn M. Phillips
 
39 Cinematic Art 483
Berys Gaut
 
40 Theses on Cinema as Philosophy 496
Paisley Livingston
 
41 Narration in Motion 503
Katherine J. Thomson-Jones
 
Part X Literature 511
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About the author

PETER LAMARQUE is Professor of Philosophy at the University of York and was formerly editor of the British Journal of Aesthetics. His books include Fictional Points of View (1996), The Philosophy of Literature (2008), Work and Object: Explorations in the Metaphysics of Art (2010), and The Opacity of Narrative (2014). STEIN HAUGOM OLSEN is Professor of British Literature and Head of the Department of English Language and Literature at Bilkent University, Ankara. He was formerly the Pro-Rector of Østfold University College, Norway, and has held chairs in English, comparative literature, and philosophy at the universities of Oslo and Bergen and at Lingnan University, Hong Kong. His books include The Structure of Literary Understanding (1978), The End of Literary Theory (1987), and Truth, Fiction, and Literature (1994) (with Peter Lamarque).

Summary

For over fifty years, philosophers working within the broader remit of analytic philosophy have developed and refined a substantial body of work in aesthetics and the philosophy of art, curating a core foundation of scholarship which offers rigor and clarity on matters of profound and perennial interest relating to art and all forms of aesthetic appreciation. Now in its second edition and thoroughly revised, Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art--The Analytic Tradition: An Anthology captures this legacy in a comprehensive introduction to the core philosophical questions and conversations in aesthetics.

Through 57 key essays selected by leading scholars Peter Lamarque and Stein Haugom Olsen, this anthology collects modern classics as well as new contributions on essential topics such as the identification and ontology of art, interpretation, values of art, art and knowledge, and fiction and the imagination. New to this edition are selections which treat aesthetic experience more widely, including essays on the aesthetics of nature and aesthetics in everyday life. Other carefully-chosen pieces analyze the practice and experience of specific art forms in greater detail, including painting, photography, film, literature, music, and popular art such as comics.

This bestselling collection is an essential resource for students and scholars of aesthetics, designed to foster a foundational understanding of both long-standing and contemporary topics in the field.

Product details

• Authors: P Lamarque, Peter Lamarque, Peter (University of York) Olsen Lamarque, Peter Olsen Lamarque, Stein Haugom Olsen
• Assisted by: Peter Lamarque (Editor), Lamarque Peter (Editor), Stein Haugom Olsen (Editor)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9781119222446
• ISBN: 978-1-119-22244-6
• No. of pages: 744
• Series: Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies; Blackwell Philosophy Anthologi; Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Ästhetik, Kunstgeschichte, Philosophie, Kunstphilosophie, Aesthetics, Philosophy, Art & Applied Arts, Kunst u. Angewandte Kunst, Kunstgeschichte u. -theorie, Art History & Theory, Philosophy of Art, Philosophie der Kunst