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OverviewThe book is a selection of Malcolm Budd's papers on aesthetics, some of which have been revised or added to. A number of the essays are aimed at the abstract heart of aesthetics, attempting to solve a cluster of the most important issues in aesthetics which are not specific to particular art forms. These include the nature and proper scope of the aesthetic, the intersubjective validity of aesthetic judgements, the correct understanding of aesthetic judgements expressed through metaphors, aesthetic realism versus anti-realism, the character of aesthetic pleasure and aesthetic value, the aim of art and the artistic expression of emotion. Other essays are focussed on central issues in the aesthetics of particular art forms: two engage with the most fundamental issue in the aesthetics of music, the question of the correct conception of the phenomenology of the experience of listening to music with understanding; and two consider the nature of pictorial representation, one examining certain well-known views, the other articulating an alternative conception of seeing a picture as a depiction of a certain state of affairs. The final essay in the volume is a comprehensive reconstruction and critical examination of Wittgenstein's aesthetics, both early and late. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Malcolm Budd (Formerly University College London)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.20cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 24.10cm Weight: 0.613kg ISBN: 9780199556175ISBN 10: 0199556172 Pages: 290 Publication Date: 06 November 2008 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1: Aesthetic Judgements, Aesthetic Principles and Aesthetic Properties 2: Aesthetic Essence 3: The Acquaintance Principle 4: The Intersubjective Validity of Aesthetic Judgements 5: The Pure Judgement of Taste as an Aesthetic Reflective Judgement 6: Understanding Music 7: The Characterization of Aesthetic Qualities by Essential Metaphors and Quasi-Metaphors 8: Musical Movement and Aesthetic Metaphors 9: Aesthetic Realism and Emotional Qualities of Music 10: On Looking at a Picture 11: The Look of a Picture 12: Wollheim on Correspondence, Projective Properties and Expressive Perception 13: Wittgenstein on Aesthetics IndexReviewsThis important collection by the prominent aesthetician Malcolm Budd brings together fourteen papers on the nature of aesthetics judgement and value, expression and movement in music, and depiction. In addition, there is a masterly analysis of and exposition of Kant's account of the pure judgement of taste and another of Wittgenstein's view of aesthetics... Related chapters complement each other nicely without excessive overlap... Philosophers of art will admire the unfussy care and insight with which Budd probes these intriguing topics, many of which lie at the 'abstract heart of aesthetics', as he rightly observes. I strongly recommend his book. Stephen Davies, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Author InformationMalcolm Budd taught philosophy at University College London for more than thirty years before taking early retirement from the Grote chair to concentrate on his writing. He was elected Fellow of the British Academy in 1995 and became President of the British Society of Aesthetics in 2004. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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