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Table 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

Introduction 513

42 Style and Personality in the Literary Work 517
Jenefer M. Robinson

43 Literary Aesthetics and Literary Practice 527
Stein Haugom Olsen

44 Fictional Characters and Literary Practices 537
Amie L. Thomasson

45 The Elusiveness of Poetic Meaning 549
Peter Lamarque

Part XI Music 561

Introduction 563

46 The Profundity of Music 567
Peter Kivy

47 Against Emotion: Hanslick Was Right about Music 574
Nick Zangwill

48 Listening with Emotion: How Our Emotions Help Us to Understand Music 583
Jenefer Robinson

Part XII Popular Arts 601

Introduction 603

49 Defining Mass Art 607
Noël Carroll

50 Just a Song? Exploring the Aesthetics of Popular Song Performance 623
Jeanette Bicknell

51 Comics as Literature? 632
Aaron Meskin

52 The Vice of Snobbery: Aesthetic Knowledge, Justification and Virtue in Art Appreciation 647
Matthew Kieran

Part XIII Aesthetics of Nature and Everyday Aesthetics 659

Introduction 661

53 Appreciation and the Natural Environment 665
Allen Carlson

54 Scientific Knowledge and the Aesthetic Appreciation of Nature 673
Patricia Matthews

55 Aesthetic Character and Aesthetic Integrity in Environmental Conservation 684
Emily Brady

56 Everyday Aesthetics 695
Yuriko Saito

57 The Pervasiveness of the Aesthetic in Ordinary Experience 700
Sherri Irvin

Index 710

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      Table 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

      Introduction 513

      42 Style and Personality in the Literary Work 517
      Jenefer M. Robinson

      43 Literary Aesthetics and Literary Practice 527
      Stein Haugom Olsen

      44 Fictional Characters and Literary Practices 537
      Amie L. Thomasson

      45 The Elusiveness of Poetic Meaning 549
      Peter Lamarque

      Part XI Music 561

      Introduction 563

      46 The Profundity of Music 567
      Peter Kivy

      47 Against Emotion: Hanslick Was Right about Music 574
      Nick Zangwill

      48 Listening with Emotion: How Our Emotions Help Us to Understand Music 583
      Jenefer Robinson

      Part XII Popular Arts 601

      Introduction 603

      49 Defining Mass Art 607
      Noël Carroll

      50 Just a Song? Exploring the Aesthetics of Popular Song Performance 623
      Jeanette Bicknell

      51 Comics as Literature? 632
      Aaron Meskin

      52 The Vice of Snobbery: Aesthetic Knowledge, Justification and Virtue in Art Appreciation 647
      Matthew Kieran

      Part XIII Aesthetics of Nature and Everyday Aesthetics 659

      Introduction 661

      53 Appreciation and the Natural Environment 665
      Allen Carlson

      54 Scientific Knowledge and the Aesthetic Appreciation of Nature 673
      Patricia Matthews

      55 Aesthetic Character and Aesthetic Integrity in Environmental Conservation 684
      Emily Brady

      56 Everyday Aesthetics 695
      Yuriko Saito

      57 The Pervasiveness of the Aesthetic in Ordinary Experience 700
      Sherri Irvin

      Index 710

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