Wittgenstein, Aesthetics and Philosophy

ISBN-13: 9781138277328 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 272 str.

Peter B. Lewis

Opis

Although universally recognised as one of the greatest of modern philosophers, Wittgenstein's work in aesthetics has been unjustly neglected. This is the first book exclusively devoted to Wittgenstein's aesthetics, exploring the themes developed by Wittgenstein in his own writing on aesthetics as well as the implications of Wittgenstein's wider philosophical views for understanding central issues in aesthetics. Drawing together original contributions from leading international scholars, this book will be an important addition to studies of Wittgenstein's thought, but its discussion of issues in literature, music and performing art, and criticism will also be of interest to many students of literary and cultural studies.

Spis treści

Contents: Introduction, Peter Lewis; Part I Tradition, theory and practice: Wittgenstein and the aesthetic domain, Kjell S. Johannessen; Wittgenstein, anti-essentialism and the definition of art, Terry Diffey. Part II Criticism, rules and judgement: Rules, creativity and pictures: Wittgenstein's Lectures on Aesthetics, David Novitz; Criticism without theory, Mark W. Rowe; On aesthetic reactions and changing one's mind, Lars Hertzberg. Part III Music, language and performing art: Wittgenstein and the arts: understanding and performing, Graham McFee; Wittgenstein's music, R.A. Sharpe; Wittgenstein on music and language, Oswald Hanfling. Part IV Literature, ethics and the self: Ethics and aesthetics are one, Carolyn Wilde; Fiction and reality in the arts, lham Dilman; Literature, human understanding and morality, Ben Tilghman; 'The self, thinking': Wittgenstein, Augustine and the autobiographical situation, Garry L. Hagberg. Bibliography; Index.

O autorze

Peter B. Lewis