Philosophy and Art (Studies in Philosophy and the History of Philosophy)

The 13 essays in this collection are marked by a diversity of philosophical styles and perspectives on art. While some authors focus on specific forms of art, others are more concerned with the interpretation given to art by past and contemporary philosophers and artists. In some essays nothing less than the outline of a systematic account of the arts is ventured, even as other authors raised the question of the very possibility of such interpretations or argue for the conditions that must be met by an adequate account or evaluation of the arts. Yet, in one way or another, all the essays address the question of specifying the distinctiveness of artworks or art itself. Contents Introduction 1. Thomas Prufer, Providence and Imitation: Sophocles's Oedipus and Aristotle's Poetics 2. Paul Woodruff, Understanding Theater 3. Ted Cohen, Objects of Appreciation: Early Reflections on Television, with Further Remarks on Baseball 4. Karsten Harries, Narcissus and Pygmalion: Lessons of Two Tales 5. Joseph Margolis, The Nature of Art's Nature 6. Francis J. Kovach, Some Issues in a Neothomist Philosophy of Art 7. John Brough, Who's Afraid of Marcel Duchamp? 8. Kenneth Schmitz, The Bounds of Art 9. Paul Weiss, Creativity and Beauty 10. Robert Wood, Aesthetics in the Kantian Project 11. Walter Hinderer, Aspects of Schiller's Philosophy of Art 12. William Desmond, Art, Origins, Otherness: Hegel and Aesthetic Self-Mediation 13. Daniel O. Dahlstrom, The Religion of Art Contributors Index The thirteen essays in this collection are marked by a diversity of philosophical styles and perspectives on art. While some authors focus on specific forms of art, others are more concerned with the interpretation given to art by past and contemporary philosophers and artists. Nothing less than the outline of a systematic account of the arts is ventured.