The Blackwell Guide to Aesthetics [Paperback]

The Blackwell Guide to Aesthetics is the most authoritative survey of the central issues in contemporary aesthetics available. The volume features eighteen newly commissioned papers on the evaluation of art, the interpretation of art, and many other forms of art such as literature, movies, and music.

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• Provides a guide to the central traditional and cutting edge issues in aesthetics today.
  
• Written by a distinguished cast of contributors, including Peter Kivy, George Dickie, Noël Carroll, Paul Guyer, Ted Cohen, Marcia Eaton, Joseph Margolis, Berys Gaut, Nicholas Wolterstrorff, Susan Feagin, Peter Lamarque, Stein Olsen, Francis Sparshott, Alan Goldman, Jenefer Robinson, Mary Mothersill, Donald Crawford, Philip Alperson, Laurent Stern and Amie Thomasson.
  
• Functions as the ideal text for undergraduate and graduate courses in aesthetics, art theory, and philosophy of art.

Notes on Contributors.

Introduction: Aesthetics Today.

Part I: The Core Issues:.

1. The Origins of Modern Aesthetics: 1711—35: Paul Guyer (University of Pennsylvania).

2. Defining Art: Intension and Extension: George Dickie (University of Illinois, Chicago).

3. Art and the Aesthetic: Marcia Muelder Eaton (University of Minnesota).

4. The Ontology of Art: Amie L. Thomasson (University of Miami).

5. Evaluating Art: Alan Goldman (College of William & Mary).

6. Interpretation in Aesthetics: Laurent Stern (Rutgers University).

7. Art and the Moral Realm: Noël Carroll (University of Wisconsin – Madison).

8. Beauty and the Critic’s Judgment: Remapping Aesthetics: Ml£%