A critical rationalist aesthetics /

This book is a first attempt to cover the whole area of aesthetics from the point of view of critical rationalism. It takes up and expands upon the more narrowly focused work of E. H. Gombrich, Sheldon Richmond, and Raphael Sassower and Louis Ciccotello. The authors integrate the arts into the scien...

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Main Author: Agassi, Joseph.

Other Authors: Jarvie, I. C. 1937-

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, 2008.

Series: Schriftenreihe zur Philosophie Karl R. Poppers und des Kritischen Rationalismus / Series in the Philosophy of Karl R. Popper and Critical Rationalism 18.
Rodopi Religion, Theology and Philosophy Special E-Book Collection, 2007-2014, ISBN: 9789004357938.

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Call Number: BH201 .A34 2008eb

Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • INTRODUCTION
  • THE ARTS IN OUR WORLD
  • MARXIST AESTHETICS, OR, THE POLITICS AND MORALS OF ART
  • AESTHETICS AND ITS RELATION TO OTHER FIELDS
  • REASON, TRUTH, METAPHYSICS
  • THE VARIETIES OF AESTHETIC EXPERIENCE
  • THE RATIONAL UNITY OF ART, AESTHETICS, AND ART APPRECIATION
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS CITED
  • INDEX OF ARTWORKS
  • INDEX OF NAMES
  • INDEX OF SUBJECTS.