Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art

PETER LAMARQUE is Professor of Philosophy at the University of York and was formerly editor of the British Journal of Aesthetics. His books include Fictional Points of View (1996), The Philosophy of Literature (2008), Work and Object: Explorations in the Metaphysics of Art (2010), and The Opacity of Narrative (2014). STEIN HAUGOM OLSEN is Professor of British Literature and Head of the Department of English Language and Literature at Bilkent University, Ankara. He was formerly the Pro-Rector of Østfold University College, Norway, and has held chairs in English, comparative literature, and philosophy at the universities of Oslo and Bergen and at Lingnan University, Hong Kong. His books include The Structure of Literary Understanding (1978), The End of Literary Theory (1987), and Truth, Fiction, and Literature (1994) (with Peter Lamarque).

• Acknowledgments xExtracts from the General Introduction to the First Edition (2004) xiiiGeneral Introduction to the Second Edition xviiPart I Identifying Art 1Introduction 31 The Artworld 7Arthur C. Danto2 The New Institutional Theory of Art 15George Dickie3 An Aesthetic Definition of Art 22Monroe C. Beardsley4 “But They Don’t Have Our Concept of Art” 30Denis Dutton5 Nobody Needs a Theory of Art 43Dominic McIver Lopes6 Art: What it Is and Why it Matters 54Catharine AbellPart II Ontology of Art 67Introduction 697 What a Musical Work Is 71Jerrold Levinson8 Defending Musical Platonism 84Julian Dodd9 Against Musical Ontology 98Aaron Ridley10 The Ontology of Art and Knowledge in Aesthetics 108Amie L. ThomassonPart III Aesthetic Properties and Aesthetic Experience 117Introduction 11911 Aesthetic Concepts 121Frank Sibley12 Categories of Art 134Kendall L. Walton13 In Defence of Moderate Aesthetic Formalism 149Nick Zangwill14 How to Be a Pessimist about Aesthetic Testimony 159Robert Hopkins15 Recent Approaches to Aesthetic Experience 170Noël CarrollPart IV Intention and Interpretation 183Introduction 18516 Intentions and Interpretations: A Fallacy Revived 187Monroe C. Beardsley17 The Literary Work as a Pliable Entity: Combining Realism and Pluralism 197Torsten Pettersson18 Authors’ Intentions, Literary Interpretation, and Literary Value 208Stephen DaviesPart V Values of Art 223Introduction 22519 Originals, Copies, and Aesthetic Value 229Jack W. Meiland20 Artistic Value 236Malcolm Budd21 The Ethical Criticism of Art 247Berys Gaut22 Artistic Value and Opportunistic Moralism 258Eileen John23 What’s Wrong with the (Female) Nude? A Feminist Perspective on Art and Pornography 266A.W. EatonPart VI Art and Knowledge 283Introduction 28524 On the Cognitive Triviality of Art 289Jerome Stolnitz25 Art and Moral Knowledge 295Cynthia A. Freeland26 Reading Fiction and Conceptual Knowledge: Philosophical Thought in Literary Context 310Eileen John27 Cognitive Values in the Arts: Marking the Boundaries 326Peter LamarquePart VII Fictionality and Imagination 337Introduction 33928 Fearing Fictions 343Kendall L. Walton29 The Logical Status of Fictional Discourse 355John Searle30 The Expression of Feeling in Imagination 363Richard Moran31 The Puzzle of Imaginative Resistance 378Tamar Szabó Gendler32 Anne Brontë and the Uses of Imagination 393Gregory Currie33 Fiction as a Genre 402Stacie FriendPart VIII Pictorial Art 417Introduction 41934 On Pictorial Representation 421Richard Wollheim35 Pictorial Realism 431Catharine Abell36 Telling Pictures: The Place of Narrative in Late Modern ‘Visual Art’ 441David DaviesPart IX Photography and Film 451Introduction 45337 Photography and Representation 457Roger Scruton38 Photography and Causation: Responding to Scruton’s Scepticism 472Dawn M. Phillips39 Cinematic Art 483Berys Gaut40 Theses on Cinema as Philosophy 496Paisley Livingston41 Narration in Motion 503Katherine J. Thomson‐JonesPart X Literature 511Introduction 51342 Style and Personality in the Literary Work 517Jenefer M. Robinson43 Literary Aesthetics and Literary Practice 527Stein Haugom Olsen44 Fictional Characters and Literary Practices 537Amie L. Thomasson45 The Elusiveness of Poetic Meaning 549Peter LamarquePart XI Music 561Introduction 56346 The Profundity of Music 567Peter Kivy47 Against Emotion: Hanslick Was Right about Music 574Nick Zangwill48 Listening with Emotion: How Our Emotions Help Us to Understand Music 583Jenefer RobinsonPart XII Popular Arts 601Introduction 60349 Defining Mass Art 607Noël Carroll50 Just a Song? Exploring the Aesthetics of Popular Song Performance 623Jeanette Bicknell51 Comics as Literature? 632Aaron Meskin52 The Vice of Snobbery: Aesthetic Knowledge, Justification and Virtue in Art Appreciation 647Matthew KieranPart XIII Aesthetics of Nature and Everyday Aesthetics 659Introduction 661 53 Appreciation and the Natural Environment 665Allen Carlson54 Scientific Knowledge and the Aesthetic Appreciation of Nature 673Patricia Matthews55 Aesthetic Character and Aesthetic Integrity in Environmental Conservation 684Emily Brady56 Everyday Aesthetics 695Yuriko Saito57 The Pervasiveness of the Aesthetic in Ordinary Experience 700Sherri IrvinIndex 710