Ebook: The Blackwell Guide to Aesthetics

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, Noel 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.

Content:
Chapter 1 The Origins of Modern Aesthetics: 1711–35 (pages 15–44): Paul Guyer
Chapter 2 Defining Art: Intension and Extension (pages 45–62): George Dickie
Chapter 3 Art and the Aesthetic (pages 63–77): Marcia Muelder Eaton
Chapter 4 The Ontology of Art (pages 78–92): Amie L. Thomasson
Chapter 5 Evaluating Art (pages 93–108): Alan Goldman
Chapter 6 Interpretation in Aesthetics (pages 109–125): Laurent Stern
Chapter 7 Art and the Moral Realm (pages 126–151): NoeL Carroll
Chapter 8 Beauty and the Critic's Judgment: Remapping Aesthetics (pages 152–166): Mary Mothersill
Chapter 9 The Philosophy of Taste: Thoughts on the Idea (pages 167–173): Ted Cohen
Chapter 10 The Emotions in Art (pages 174–192): Jenefer Robinson
Chapter 11 The Philosophy of Literature: Pleasure Restored (pages 195–214): Peter Lamarque and Stein Haugom Olsen
Chapter 12 The Philosophy of the Visual Arts: Perceiving Paintings (pages 215–229): Joseph Margolis
Chapter 13 The Philosophy of the Movies: Cinematic Narration (pages 230–253): Berys Gaut
Chapter 14 The Philosophy of Music: Formalism and Beyond (pages 254–275): Philip Alperson
Chapter 15 The Philosophy of Dance: Bodies in Motion, Bodies at Rest (pages 276–290): Francis Sparshott
Chapter 16 Tragedy (pages 291–305): Susan Feagin
Chapter 17 The Aesthetics of Nature and the Environment (pages 306–324): Donald W. Crawford
Chapter 18 Art and the Aesthetic: The Religious Dimension (pages 325–339): Nicholas Wolterstorff