THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF

AESTHETICSEdited by

JERROLD LEVINSON

OXJORDUNIVERSITY PRESS

CONTENTS

List of Contributors xiii

PART I BACKGROUND

1. Philosophical Aesthetics: An Overview 3JERROLD LEVINSON

2. History of Modern Aesthetics 25PAUL GUYER

PART II GENERAL ISSUES IN AESTHETICS

3. Aesthetic Realism 1 63NICK ZANGWILL

4. Aesthetic Realism 2 80JOHN W. BENDER

5. Aesthetic Experience 99GARY I S E M I N G E R

6. Aesthetics of Nature 117M A L C O L M B U D D

7. Definition of Art 136R O B E R T STECKER

8. Ontology of Art 155S T E P H E N D A V I E S

9. Medium in Art 181D A V I D D A V I E S

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10. Representation in Art 192ALAN H. GOLDMAN

11. Expression in Art 211AARON RIDLEY

12. Style in Art 228STEPHANIE ROSS

13. Creativity in Art 245P H I L I P ALPERSON

14. Authenticity in Art 258DENIS D U T T O N

15. Intention in Art 275PAISLEY LIVINGSTON

16. Interpretation in Art 291GREGORY CURRIE

17. Value in Art 307ROBERT STECKER

18. Beauty 325N I C K ZANGWILL

19. Humour 344NOEL CARROLL

20. Metaphor 366TED COHEN

21. Fiction 377PETER LAMARQUE

22. Narrative 392GEORGE M. W I L S O N

23. Tragedy 408AARON RIDLEY

24. Art and Emotion 421ALEX NEILL

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25. Art and Knowledge 436BERYS G A U T

26. Art and Morality 451M A T T H E W K I E R A N

27. Art and Politics 471LYDIA G O E H R

PART III AESTHETIC ISSUESOF SPECIFIC ARTFORMS

28. Music 489S T E P H E N DAVIES

29. Painting 516SUSAN F E A G I N

30. Literature 536PAISLEY L I V I N G S T O N

31. Architecture 555G O R D O N G R A H A M

32. Sculpture 572ROBERT H O P K I N S

33. Dance 583N O E L CARROLL

34. Theatre 594PAUL W O O D R U F F

35. Poetry 605ALEX N E I L L

36. Photography 614N I G E L W A R B U R T O N

37. Film 627BERYS G A U T

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PART IV FURTHER DIRECTIONSIN AESTHETICS

38. Feminist Aesthetics 647MARY DEVEREAUX

39. Environmental Aesthetics 667JOHN A. FISHER

40. Comparative Aesthetics 679KATHLEEN H I G G I N S

41. Aesthetics and Evolutionary Psychology 693DENIS D U T T O N

42. Aesthetics and Cognitive Science 706GREGORY CURRIE

43. Aesthetics and Ethics 722RICHARD ELDRIDGE

44. Aesthetics of Popular Art 733DAVID NOVITZ

45. Aesthetics of the Avant-Garde 748GREGG HOROWITZ

46. Aesthetics of the Everyday 761C R I S P I N SARTWELL

47. Aesthetics and Postmodernism 771RICHARD SHUSTERMAN

48. Aesthetics and Cultural Studies 783DEBORAH KNIGHT

Index 796