New Waves in Aesthetics [Paperback]

Leading young scholars present a collection of wide-ranging essays covering central problems in meta-aesthetics and aesthetic issues in the philosophy of mind, as well as offering analyses of key aesthetic concepts, new perspectives on the history of aesthetics, and specialized treatment of individual art forms.Notes on the Editors Notes on Contributors Introduction; K.Thomson-Jones & K.Stock The Ontological Diversity of Visual Artworks; S.Irvin New Waves in Musical Ontology; A.Kania Metaphors and Musical Expressiveness; S.Trivedi Davidson, Metaphor and Error Theory; A.McGonigal Artifact Expression; J.Kulvicki A Metaphysics of Creativity; D.Stokes From Defining Art to Defining the Individual Arts: The Role of Theory in the Philosophies of Arts; A.Meskin Imagining Fact and Fiction; S.Friend Three Debates in Meta-Aesthetics; E.Schellekens Aesthetic Ideals; R.De Clercq Configuring the Cognitive Imagination; J.Weinberg Personifying Art; B.Soucek Danto and Kant, Together at Last?; D.Costello IndexDIARMUID COSTELLO teaches aesthetics at the University of Warwick, UKRAFA?L DE CLERCQ works as a Postdoctoral Fellow of the Fund for Scientific Research Flanders, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, BelgiumSTACIE FRIEND is a Lecturer in Philosophy at Heythrop College, University of London, UKSHERRI IRVIN is Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Oklahoma, USAANDREW KANIA is Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, USAJOHN KULVICKI is Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Dartmouth College, USAANDREW MCGONIGAL holds a lectureship at the University of Leeds, UKAARON MESKIN is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Leeds, UKELISABETH SCHELLEKENS holds a lectureship in Philosophy at the University of Durham, UKDUSTIN STOKES is Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in Philosophy of Mind and Cognitive Science, Department of Philosophy, University of Toronto, CanadaBRIAN SOUCEK is a Collegiate Assistant Professor and Harper Fellowlƒ3