Peter Kivy 
The Blackwell Guide to Aesthetics [PDF ebook] 

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.

* * 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.

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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:
Mary Mothersill (Barnard College).

9. The Philosophy of Taste: Thoughts on the Idea: Ted Cohen
(University of Chicago).

10. The Emotions in Art: Jenefer Robinson (University of
Cincinnati).

Part II: The Arts and Other Matters:.

11. The Philosophy of Literature: Pleasure Restored: Peter
Lamarque (University of York) and Stein Haugom Olsen (Lingnan
University).

12. The Philosophy of the Visual Arts: Perceiving Pictures:
Joseph Margolis (Temple University).

13. The Philosophy of the Movies: Cinematic Narration: Berys
Gaut (University of St. Andrews).

14. The Philosophy of Music: Formalism and Beyond: Philip
Alperson (Temple University).

15. The Philosophy of Dance: Bodies in Motion, Bodies at Rest:
Francis Sparshott (University of Toronto).

16. Tragedy: Susan Feagin (Temple University).

17. The Aesthetics of Nature and the Environment: Donald W.
Crawford (University of California, Santa Barbara).

18. Art and the Aesthetic: The Religious Dimension: Nicholas
Wolterstorff (Yale University).

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Sobre el autor

Peter Kivy is Board of Governors professor of philosophy at Rutgers University and a past president of the American Society for Aesthetics. His most recent books are The Possessor and the Possessed: Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, and the Idea of Musical Genius (2001), New Essays on Musical Understanding (2001), and Introduction to a Philosophy of Music (2002).