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Artworks : Meaning, Definition, Value /

What is art? What is it to understand a work of art? What is the value of art? Robert Stecker seeks to answer these central questions of aesthetics by placing them within the context of an ongoing debate criticizing, but also explaining what can be learned from, alternative views. His unified philos...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stecker, Robert (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University Park, PA : Penn State University Press, [2021]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PART I. DEFINITION
  • 1. WHY WE SHOULD LOOK FOR A DEFINITION OF ART
  • 2. SIMPLE FUNCTIONALISM AND FUNCTIONALISM PER SE
  • 3. HISTORICAL FUNCTIONALISM, OR THE FOUR-FACTOR THEORY
  • 4. INSTITUTIONAL DEFINITIONS
  • 5. HISTORICAL DEFINITIONS
  • PART II. MEANING
  • 6. OVERVIEW
  • 7. INCOMPATIBLE INTERPRETATIONS
  • 8. CRITICAL MONISM AND CRITICAL PLURALISM: How to Have Both
  • 9. MEANING AND INTERPRETATION: The Role of Intention and Convention
  • 10. HYPOTHETICAL INTENTIONS AND IMPLIED AUTHORS
  • 11. PRAGMATISM AND INTERPRETATION
  • PART III. VALUE
  • 12. ARTISTIC VALUE
  • 13. THE VALUE OF LITERATURE
  • CONCLUSION
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX