Artistic Truth Aesthetics, Discourse, and Imaginative Disclosure [Paperback]

This book portrays artistic truth as a process of imaginative disclosure.It is unfashionable to talk about artistic truth. Yet the issues traditionally addressed under that term have not disappeared. Indeed, questions concerning the role of the artist in society, the relationship between art and knowledge, and the validity of cultural interpretation have intensified. Lambert Zuidervaart challenges current intellectual fashions by proposing a new hermeneutic theory of artistic truth that engages with both analytic and continental philosophies and illuminates the contemporary cultural scene.It is unfashionable to talk about artistic truth. Yet the issues traditionally addressed under that term have not disappeared. Indeed, questions concerning the role of the artist in society, the relationship between art and knowledge, and the validity of cultural interpretation have intensified. Lambert Zuidervaart challenges current intellectual fashions by proposing a new hermeneutic theory of artistic truth that engages with both analytic and continental philosophies and illuminates the contemporary cultural scene.Lambert Zuidervaart challenges current intellectual trends by proposing a new hermeneutic theory of artistic truth, engaging with both analytic and continental philosophies and clarifying the contemporary cultural scene. Although it is unfashionable to talk about artistic truth, its issues have not disappeared. Indeed, questions concerning the role of the artist in society, the relationship between art and knowledge, and the validity of cultural interpretation have actually intensified.Preface; Introduction; Part I. Hermeneutical Matrix; 1. Beardsley's Denial; 2. Reciprocations; 3. Kant Revisited; Part II. Constructive Clearings; 4. Truth as Disclosure; 5. Imaginative Disclosure; 6. Artistic Truth; Part III. Linguistic Turns; 7. Logical Positivist Dispute; 8. Goodman's Nominalism; 9. Wolterstorff's Realism; 10. Aesthetic Transformations; Notes; Bibliography; Index.l&