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The Philosophy of Art

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Wiley, Feb 10, 2006 - 256 pages
Written with clarity, wit, and rigor, The Philosophy of Art provides an incisive account of the core topics in the field.

  • The first volume in the new Foundations of the Philosophy of the Arts series, designed to provide crisp introductions to the fundamental general questions about art, as well as to questions about the several arts (such as literature, music or painting).
  • Presents a clear and insightful introduction to central topics and on-going debates in the philosophy of art.
  • Eight sections cover a wide spectrum of topics such as the interpretation of art, the relation between art and moral values, and the expression and arousal of emotion through art.
  • Pedagogical features include full-color illustrations, vibrant examples, thought-provoking discussion questions and helpful suggested readings.

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The Philosophy of Art -- Livingston 46 (4): 431 -- The British ...
The third chapter, ‘Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art’, plots the mid-twentieth-century challenge to the idea that the essence and distinctive value of ...
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From the Author’s Perspective: Teaching The Philosophy of Art
The Philosophy of Art (Blackwell, 2006) has emerged from the course I teach. It comprises eight chapters. Each chapter closes with an annotated reading list ...
www.aesthetics-online.org/ teaching/ davies.php

Blackwell Synergy - Philosophical Books, Volume 49 Issue 2 Page ...
This is a non-standard way to begin an introduction to the philosophy of art, but the topic is interesting, the author's excitement is manifest, ...
www.blackwell-synergy.com/ doi/ abs/ 10.1111/ j.1468-0149.2008.459_24.x

The Definition of Art (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
Davies, Stephen, 2006, The Philosophy of Art, Oxford: Basil Blackwell. ... Stecker, Robert, 2005, Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art, Lanham, ...
www.seop.leeds.ac.uk/ entries/ art-definition/

MBR Bookwatch: The Philosophy of Art
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The Philosophy of Art - Book Information
Written with clarity, wit, and rigor, The Philosophy of Art provides an incisive account of the core topics in the field. ...
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PHILOSOPHY OF ART
University of Hawaii: Introduction to the Philosophy of Art (Krasemann); University of Houston: Philosophy and the Arts (Freeland) ...
www.phillwebb.net/ Topics/ Arts/ Art/ ArtPhil.htm

Philosophy of Art, Spring 2007
Texts: Stephen Davies, The Philosophy of Art (Blackwell, 2006) ISBN: 1-4051-2023-1: The Philosophy of Art: Readings Ancient and Modern edited by Alex Neill ...
www.uark.edu/ campus-resources/ rlee/ partsp07/

Recent Publications
Stephen Davies, The Philosophy of Art (Oxford: Blackwell, 2005). This book provides a through account of the core topics in contemporary philosophy of art: ...
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About the author (2006)

Stephen Davies teaches philosophy at the University of Auckland. He is the author of Definitions of Art (1991), Musical Meaning and Expression (1994), Musical Works and Performances: A Philosophical Exploration (2001), and Themes in the Philosophy of Music (2003), and the editor of Art and Its Messages: Meaning, Morality, and Society (1997) and Art and Essence (2003).

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TitleThe Philosophy of Art
Volume 1 of Foundations of the Philosophy of the Arts
AuthorStephen Davies
Editionillustrated, revised, reprint
PublisherWiley, 2006
ISBN1405120231, 9781405120234
Length256 pages
  
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