De Gustibus : arguing about taste and why we do it /

Peter Kivy deals with a question that has never been fully addressed by philosophers of art: why do we argue about art? If I think Bach is greater than Beethoven and you think the opposite, why should it matter to either of us? He claims that we argue over taste because we think, mistakenly or not,...

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Arguing about taste and why we do it /
Hume's Dilemma --
Ground Common to All --
Beautiful Versus the Good (in the Eighteenth Century) --
Simple Emotivism --
Do So as Well --
Aesthetic Shrug --
Immoral Art --
Is Bad Taste Immoral? --
Push-Pin and Poetry --
Back to Square One --
Right Phenomenology? --
Truth of Interpretation --
Truth of Analysis --
Truth of Evaluation --
Common Sense and the Error Theory.
1. Verfasser:
Kivy, Peter
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
Peter Kivy deals with a question that has never been fully addressed by philosophers of art: why do we argue about art? If I think Bach is greater than Beethoven and you think the opposite, why should it matter to either of us? He claims that we argue over taste because we think, mistakenly or not, that we are arguing over matters of fact.
Umfang:
1 online resource (xii, 173 pages)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-106375-4
0-19-180906-3
0-19-106374-6
Schlagworte:
Aesthetics, Modern.
Aesthetics.
Arts > Philosophy and aesthetics.
Art > Philosophy.
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