Based on the 1996 Ryle lectures, delivered at Trent University, Peterborough, Ont., on Mar. 11-14, 1996
Includes bibliographical references
"Addressing the nature and prospects of aesthetics as a discipline, Sparshott discusses beauty, taste, and the place of imagination, fiction, and fine art in societies. He investigates the place of the discipline in the broad social structures provided by universities and civilizations, and tackles many perennially interesting questions about education and the life of the mind."--Jacket
Aesthetics and the future of philosophy -- - Power of beauty -- - Philosophy and the future of the university -- - Map of knowledge -- - University and the future of civilization -- - Logic of criticism -- - Civilization and the future of aesthetics
Verlag:
University of Toronto Press, Toronto, Ont.
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EBSCO Industries, Inc., Birmingham, AL, USA
"Addressing the nature and prospects of aesthetics as a discipline, Sparshott discusses beauty, taste, and the place of imagination, fiction, and fine art in societies. He investigates the place of the discipline in the broad social structures...
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"Addressing the nature and prospects of aesthetics as a discipline, Sparshott discusses beauty, taste, and the place of imagination, fiction, and fine art in societies. He investigates the place of the discipline in the broad social structures provided by universities and civilizations, and tackles many perennially interesting questions about education and the life of the mind."--Jacket.