Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art : The

This anthology provides comprehensive coverage of the major contributions of analytic philosophy to aesthetics and the philosophy of art, from the earliest beginnings in the 1950's to the present time. Traces the contributions of the analytic tradition to aesthetics and the philosophy of art, from the 1950's to the present time. Designed as a comprehensive guide to the field, it presents the most often-cited papers that students and researchers encounter. Addresses a wide range of topics, including identifying art, ontology, intention and interpretation, values of art, aesthetic properties, fictionality, and the aesthetics of nature. Explores particular art forms, including pictorial art, literature, music, and the popular arts.

Peter Lamarque is Professor of Philosophy and Head of Department at the University of York. He has published widely on fictionality, philosophy of literature, and aesthetics, including Truth, Fiction, and Literature (1994, with Stein Haugom Olsen) and Fictional Points of View (1996). He is Editor of the British Journal of Aesthetics and was also philosophy subject editor for the 10-volume Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics.

Stein Haugom Olsen is Chair Professor of Humanities and Head of the Department of Philosophy at Lingnan University, Hong Kong. He is the author of The Structure of Literary Understanding (1978) and The End of Literary Theory (1987), as well as more than forty articles on literary theory, literary criticism, and aesthetics. He is an elected fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.

Preface

ix

Acknowledgments

x

General Introduction

1

(6)

Part I Identifying Art

7

(62)

Introduction

9

(3)

1 The Role of Theory in Aesthetics

12

(7)

Morris Weitz

2 What Makes a Situation Aesthetic?

19

(8)

J.O. Urmson

3 The Artworld

27

(8)

Arthur C. Danto

4 Defining Art Historically

35

(12)

Jerrold Levinson

5 The New Institutional Theory of Art

47

(8)

George Dickie

6 An Aesthetic Definition of Art

55

(8)

Monroe C. Beardsley

7 Weitz's Anti-Essentialism

63

(6)

Stephen Davies

Part II Ontology of Art

69

(54)

Introduction

71

(2)

8 The Ontological Peculiarity of Works of Art

73

(5)

Joseph Margolfs

9 What a Musical Work Is

78

(14)

Jerrold Levinson

10 Platonism in Music: A Kind of Defense

92

(11)

Peter Kivy

11 Art Works as Action Types

103

(20)

Gregory Currie

Part III Aesthetic Properties

123

(50)

Introduction

125

(2)

12 Aesthetic Concepts

127

(15)

Frank Sibley

13 Categories of Art

142

(16)

Kendall L. Walton

14 The Possibility of Aesthetic Realism

158

(15)

Philip Pettit

Part IV Intention and Interpretation

173

(60)

Introduction

175

(2)

15 The "Meaning" of a Literary Work

177

(12)

Stein Haugom Olsen

16 Intentions and Interpretations: A Fallacy Revived

189

(11)

Monroe C. Beardsley

17 Intention and Interpretation in Literature

200

(23)

Jerrold Levinson

18 The Constructivist's Dilemma

223

(10)

Robert Stecker

Part V Values of Art

233

(62)

Introduction

235

(2)

19 Aesthetic Appraisal and Works of Art

237

(6)

P.F. Strawson

20 Particularity, Art and Evaluation

243

(10)

Frank Sibley

21 The Test of Time

253

(9)

Anthony Savile

22 Artistic Value

262

(12)

Malcolm Budd

23 Tragedy and Moral Value

274

(9)

Peter Lamarque

24 The Ethical Criticism of Art

283

(12)

Bergs Gaut

Part VI Fictionality

295

(50)

Introduction

297

(3)

25 How Can We Be Moved by the Fate of Anna Karenina?

300

(7)

Colin Radford

26 Fearing Fictions

307

(13)

Kendall L. Walton

27 The Logical Status of Fictional Discourse

320

(8)

John Searle

28 How Can We Fear and Pity Fictions?

328

(9)

Peter Lamarque

29 On the Cognitive Triviality of Art

337

(8)

Jerome Stolnitz

Part VII Pictorial Art

345

(62)

Introduction

347

(2)

30 Are Representations Symbols?

349

(10)

Kendall L. Walton

31 Photography and Representation

359

(16)

Roger Scruton

32 Originals, Copies, and Aesthetic Value

375

(8)

Jack W. Meiland

33 How Pictures Look

383

(13)

Malcolm Budd

34 On Pictorial Representation

396

(11)

Richard Wollheim

Part VIII Literature

407

(36)

Introduction

409

(2)

35 Style and Personality in the Literary Work

411

(11)

Jenefer M. Robinson

36 Literary Aesthetics and Literary Practice

422

(11)

Stein Haugom Olsen

37 The Death of the Author: An Analytical Autopsy

433

(10)

Peter Lamarque

Part IX Music

443

(38)

Introduction

445

(3)

38 Understanding Music

448

(15)

Roger Scruton

39 The Profundity of Music

463

(7)

Peter Kivy

40 The Expression and Arousal of Emotion in Music

470

(11)

Jenefer M. Robinson

Part X Popular Art

481

(36)

Introduction

483

(2)

41 The Power of Movies

485

(13)

Noël Carroll

42 Prolegomena to Any Aesthetics of Rock Music

498

(7)

Bruce Baugh

43 Rock versus Classical Music

505

(12)

Stephen Davies

Part XI Aesthetics of Nature

517

(37)

Introduction

519

(2)

44 Contemporary Aesthetics and the Neglect of Natural Beauty

521

(14)

R.W. Hepburn

45 Appreciation and the Natural Environment

535

(8)

Allen Carlson

46 The Aesthetic Appreciation of Nature

543

(11)

Malcolm Budd

Index

554

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