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Aesthetics: a comprehensive anthology

Aesthetics: a comprehensive anthology

Steven M. Cahn - Philosophy - 2007 - 684 pages
The appreciation of art and the pursuit of beauty are fundamental elements of human life, and for almost as long as we have engaged in philosophical inquiry we have been ...
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Aesthetics A–Z

Aesthetics A–Z

Eran Guter - Philosophy - 2010 - 237 pages
These thorough, authoritative yet concise alphabetical guides introduce the central concepts of the various branches of philosophy. Written by established philosophers, they ...
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Art and Its Messages: Meaning, Morality, and Society
Musical Meaning and Expression
Philosophy of the Arts: An Introduction to Aesthetics

Philosophy of the Arts: An Introduction to Aesthetics

Gordon Graham - Philosophy - 2005 - 288 pages
Philosophy of the Arts presents a comprehensive and accessible introduction to those coming to aesthetics and the philosophy of art for the first time. The third edition is ...
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Aesthetics: Problems in the Philosophy of Criticism

Aesthetics: Problems in the Philosophy of Criticism

Monroe C. Beardsley - Philosophy - 1981 - 614 pages
This second edition features a new 48-page "Afterword -- 1980" updating Professor Beardsley's classic work.
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The Future of Aesthetics: The 1996 Ryle Lectures

The Future of Aesthetics: The 1996 Ryle Lectures

Francis Edward Sparshott - Philosophy - 1998 - 173 pages
Widely admired as one of Canada's leading philosophers, Francis Sparshott is a major figure in postwar philosophical aesthetics. In this book he presents an annotated version ...
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Musical Worlds: New Directions in the Philosophy of Music

Musical Worlds: New Directions in the Philosophy of Music

Philip Alperson - Music - 1998 - 188 pages
A state-of-the-art collection of essays in philosophical thinking about the practice of music.This volume, reproducing a special issue of The Journal of Aesthetics and Art ...
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Values of art: pictures, poetry and music

Values of art: pictures, poetry and music

Malcolm Budd - Art - 1995 - 212 pages
Auth: University College London, Distributed by Viking.
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