Aesthetics Theory
A Theory of Art
Prologue. The Function and value of art Part I. Aesthetics: the end of artworks 1. Aesthetics I. The nature of art 2. Aesthetics II. The uses of art 3. Aesthetics III. The genealogy of modern European art music Part II.
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Hume's Aesthetic Theory
David Hume famously said, that reason is and ought only to be the slave of the passions. Hume's Aesthetic Theory traces the roots of aesthetics in the concepts of "sentiment" and "taste" and the epistemological possibilities that Hume's use of them has offered.
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The Routledge Companion To Aesthetics
The Routledge Companion to Aesthetics contains forty-six chapters written by leading international scholars covering all aspects of aesthetics. The volume is structured in four parts: History, Aesthetic Theory, Issues and Challenges, and Individual Arts.
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Kant's Theory of Taste
An important contribution to Kant scholarship. Henry Allison, a pre-eminent interpreter of Kant, offers a comprehensive, systematic, and philosophically astute account of all aspects of Kant's views on aesthetics.
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The Aesthetics of Free Speech
The Aesthetics of Free Speech: Rethinking the Public Sphere is one of the first books to theoretically explore the relationship between free speech and the public sphere.
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Of Literature and Knowledge
Framed by the theory of evolution, this colourful and engaging volume presents a new understanding of the mechanisms by which we transfer information from narrative make-believe to real life.
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