This is a philosophical investigation of the question 'what is art?' including discussion of Clive Bell's formalism, Collingwood's expression theory, neo-Wittgensteinian accounts of art, and George Dickie's Institutional Theory of art and its descendants. Although partly expository, this book includes original arguments - Jerrold Levinson, for example has described it as including a 'substantial critique' of his Intentional-Historical theory of art
The current form and transformation of artistic practice in the 20th and 21st century caused some es...
In the tradition of Western thought, the question 'What is art?’ has played a central though enigmat...
The question whether art is of any epistemic value is an old question in the philosophy of art. Wher...
ii George Dickie’s institutional theory of art has been subject to extensive debate over the past 30...
The idea that art can be a form of research and, therefore, a contribution to knowledge, raises a nu...
WHAT is art? Classificatory disputes.. Classificatory disputes about what is art ...
A philosophical examination of the question of whether either particular art object or art in genera...
What is the sense of the question “What is art?” It may seem that the only adequate answer will be t...
R. G. Collingwood’s 'The Principles of Art' argues that art is the expression of emotion. This disse...
What is art?1 Although many may think they know how to respond to this question, the definition of a...
Levinson’s and Carroll’s historical theories are among the most interesting contemporary answers to ...
Derek Matravers introduces students to the philosophy of art through a close examination of eight fa...
This paper considers Joseph Margolis’ aesthetics as an insightful way for making a critical balance ...
By way of introduction to a problem little known to French-speakers in general, namely the analytica...
To say that the question “What is art?” is intimidating is, of course, an understatement. It has ex...
The current form and transformation of artistic practice in the 20th and 21st century caused some es...
In the tradition of Western thought, the question 'What is art?’ has played a central though enigmat...
The question whether art is of any epistemic value is an old question in the philosophy of art. Wher...
ii George Dickie’s institutional theory of art has been subject to extensive debate over the past 30...
The idea that art can be a form of research and, therefore, a contribution to knowledge, raises a nu...
WHAT is art? Classificatory disputes.. Classificatory disputes about what is art ...
A philosophical examination of the question of whether either particular art object or art in genera...
What is the sense of the question “What is art?” It may seem that the only adequate answer will be t...
R. G. Collingwood’s 'The Principles of Art' argues that art is the expression of emotion. This disse...
What is art?1 Although many may think they know how to respond to this question, the definition of a...
Levinson’s and Carroll’s historical theories are among the most interesting contemporary answers to ...
Derek Matravers introduces students to the philosophy of art through a close examination of eight fa...
This paper considers Joseph Margolis’ aesthetics as an insightful way for making a critical balance ...
By way of introduction to a problem little known to French-speakers in general, namely the analytica...
To say that the question “What is art?” is intimidating is, of course, an understatement. It has ex...
The current form and transformation of artistic practice in the 20th and 21st century caused some es...
In the tradition of Western thought, the question 'What is art?’ has played a central though enigmat...
The question whether art is of any epistemic value is an old question in the philosophy of art. Wher...