Ebook: Philosophy and Conceptual Art

Fourteen prominent analytic philosophers engage with the philosophical puzzles raised by conceptual art: What kind of art is conceptual art? What follows from the fact that conceptual art does not aim to have aesthetic value? What knowledge or understanding can we gain from conceptual art? How ought we to appreciate conceptual art? - ;The fourteen prominent analytic philosophers writing here engage with the cluster of philosophical questions raised by conceptual art. They address four broad questions: What kind of art is conceptual art? What follows from the fact that conceptual art does not a. Read more... Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; Part I: Conceptual Art as a Kind of Art; Part II: Conceptual Art and Aesthetic Value; Part III: Conceptual Art, Knowledge and Understanding; Part IV: Appreciating Conceptual Art; Index