The Century of Taste: The Philosophical Odyssey of Taste in the Eighteenth Century

ISBN-13: 9780195096804 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 168 str.

George Dickie; Ted Cohen

Opis

The Century of Taste offers an exposition and critical account of the central figures in the early development of the modern philosophy of art. Dickie traces the modern theory of taste from its first formulation by Francis Hutcheson, to blind alleys followed by Alexander Gerard and Archibald Allison, its refinement and complete expression by Hume, and finally to its decline in the hands of Kant. In a clear and straightforward style, Dickie offers sympathetic discussions of the theoretical aims of these philosophers, but does not shy from controversy--pointing out, for instance, the obscurities and inconsistencies in Kant's aesthetic writings, and arguing that they have been overrated.

Recenzje

A Century of Taste adds a significant voice to the contemporary revival of interest in eighteenth-century aesthetics that Dickie himself did so much to stimulate in his exchanges with Jerome Stolnitz. We are in his debt once again.