Approach to Aesthetics : Collected Papers on Philosophical Aesthetics

ISBN-13: 9780198238997 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 296 str.

Frank Sibley

Opis

A complete collection of Frank Sibley's articles on philosophical aesthetics, this volume includes five, remarkable, hitherto unpublished papers written in Sibley's later years. It addresses many topics, among them the nature of aesthetic qualities versus non-aesthetic qualities, the relation of aesthetic description to aesthetic evaluation, the different levels of evaluation, and the objectivity of aesthetic judgement. The later papers constitute both a significant development of Sibley's individual approach to aesthetics, such as his discussion of the distinction between attributive and predicative uses of adjectives and of the aesthetic significance of tastes and smells, a topic Sibley considered to be much neglected.

Frank Sibley (1923-1996) was one of the important philosophers of aesthetics of the fifty years, whose published papers are required reading for serious students of the subject. This work continues to demand and reward the attention of scholars and students.

Recenzje

The book facilitates a survey of Sibley's contribution to aesthetics, and confirms his place as one of the outstanding thinkers of his generation.

O autorze

Frank Sibley (1923-1996) was the first Professor of Philosophy to be appointed at Lancaster University, a position he occupied until his retirement.