Joseph Margolis 
The Arts and the Definition of the Human [EPUB ebook] 
Toward a Philosophical Anthropology

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The Arts and the Definition of the Human introduces a novel theory that our selves—our thoughts, perceptions, creativity, and other qualities that make us human—are determined by our place in history, and more particularly by our culture and language. Margolis rejects the idea that any concepts or truths remain fixed and objective through the flow of history and reveals that this theory of the human being (or ‚philosophical anthropology‘) as culturally determined and changing is necessary to make sense of art. He shows that a painting, sculpture, or poem cannot have a single correct interpretation because our creation and perception of art will always be mitigated by our historical and cultural contexts. Calling upon philosophers ranging from Parmenides and Plato to Kant, Hegel, and Wittgenstein, art historians from Damisch to Elkins, artists from Van Eyck to Michelangelo to Wordsworth to Duchamp, Margolis creates a philosophy of art interwoven with his philosophical anthropology which pointedly challenges prevailing views of the fine arts and the nature of personhood.

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Joseph Margolis is the Laura H. Carnell Professor of Philosophy at Temple University. His most recent book is
Moral Philosophy after 9/11(2004).

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Sprache Englisch ● Format EPUB ● Seiten 200 ● ISBN 9780804769860 ● Dateigröße 0.5 MB ● Verlag Stanford University Press ● Erscheinungsjahr 2008 ● Ausgabe 1 ● herunterladbar 24 Monate ● Währung EUR ● ID 5207731 ● Kopierschutz Adobe DRM
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