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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. Intro -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction: Aesthetics Today -- Part I: The Core Issues -- Chapter 1: The Origins of Modern Aesthetics: 1711-35 -- Chapter 2: Defining Art: Intension and Extension -- Chapter 3: Art and the Aesthetic -- Chapter 4: The Ontology of Art -- Chapter 5: Evaluating Art -- Chapter 6: Interpretation in Aesthetics -- Chapter 7: Art and the Moral Realm -- Chapter 8: Beauty and the Critic's Judgment: Remapping Aesthetics -- Chapter 9: The Philosophy of Taste: Thoughts on the Idea -- Chapter 10: The Emotions in Art -- Part II: The Arts and Other Matters -- Chapter 11: The Philosophy of Literature: Pleasure Restored -- Chapter 12: The Philosophy of the Visual Arts: Perceiving Paintings -- Chapter 13: The Philosophy of the Movies: Cinematic Narration -- Chapter 14: The Philosophy of Music: Formalism and Beyond -- Chapter 15: The Philosophy of Dance: Bodies in Motion, Bodies at Rest -- Chapter 16: Tragedy -- Chapter 17: The Aesthetics of Nature and the Environment -- Chapter 18: Art and the Aesthetic: The Religious Dimension -- Index.
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