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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456140603321

Autore

Sibley Frank <1923-1996.>

Titolo

Approach to aesthetics [[electronic resource] ] : collected papers on philosophical aesthetics / / Frank Sibley ; edited by John Benson, Betty Redfern, and Jeremy Roxbee Cox

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford [England], : Clarendon Press

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001

ISBN

0-19-920413-6

1-281-94367-3

9786611943677

0-19-151949-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (293 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BensonJohn

RedfernH. B (Hildred Betty)

Roxbee CoxJeremy

Disciplina

111/.85

Soggetti

Aesthetics

Philosophy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-274) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Editors' Introduction""; ""1. Aesthetic Concepts""; ""2. Aesthetics and the Looks of Things""; ""3. Aesthetic and Non-aesthetic""; ""4. About Taste""; ""5. Colours""; ""6. Objectivity and Aesthetics""; ""7. Particularity, Art, and Evaluation""; ""8. General Criteria and Reasons in Aesthetics""; ""9. Originality and Value""; ""10. Arts or the Aesthetic�Which Comes First?""; ""11. Making Music Our Own""; ""12. Adjectives, Predicative and Attributive""; ""13. Aesthetic Judgements: Pebbles, Faces, and Fields of Litter""; ""14. Some Notes on Ugliness""

""15. Tastes, Smells, and Aesthetics""""16. Why the Mona Lisa May Not be a Painting""; ""Bibliography of the Publications of Frank Sibley""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Z""



Sommario/riassunto

This complete collection of Frank Sibley's articles on philosophical aesthetics covers the nature of aesthetic qualities and their relation to non-aesthetic qualities, and the relation of aesthetic description to aesthetic evaluation.