Interpretation and Construction examines the interpretation and products of intentional human behavior, focusing primarily on issues in art, law, and everyday speech.
Focuses on artistic interpretation, but also includes extended discussion of interpretation of the law and everyday speech and communication.
Written by one of the leading theorists of interpretation.
Theoretical discussions are consistently centered around examples for ease of comprehension.
Interpretation and Construction examines the interpretation and products of intentional human behavior, focusing primarily on issues in art, la...
Interpretation and Construction examines the interpretation and products of intentional human behavior, focusing primarily on issues in art, law, and everyday speech.
Focuses on artistic interpretation, but also includes extended discussion of interpretation of the law and everyday speech and communication.
Written by one of the leading theorists of interpretation.
Theoretical discussions are consistently centered around examples for ease of comprehension.
Interpretation and Construction examines the interpretation and products of intentional human behavior, focusing primarily on issues in art, la...
In this richly argued and provocative book, David Davies elaborates and defends a broad conceptual framework for thinking about the arts that reveals important continuities and discontinuities between traditional and modern art, and between different artistic disciplines.
Elaborates and defends a broad conceptual framework for thinking about the arts.
Offers a provocative view about the kinds of things that artworks are and how they are to be understood.
Reveals important continuities and discontinuities between traditional and...
In this richly argued and provocative book, David Davies elaborates and defends a broad conceptual framework for thinking about the arts that reveals ...
In this richly argued and provocative book, David Davies elaborates and defends a broad conceptual framework for thinking about the arts that reveals important continuities and discontinuities between traditional and modern art, and between different artistic disciplines.
Elaborates and defends a broad conceptual framework for thinking about the arts.
Offers a provocative view about the kinds of things that artworks are and how they are to be understood.
Reveals important continuities and discontinuities between traditional and...
In this richly argued and provocative book, David Davies elaborates and defends a broad conceptual framework for thinking about the arts that reveals ...
This anthology offers a fresh approach to the philosophical aspects of photography. The essays, written by contemporary philosophers in a thorough and engaging manner, explore the far-reaching ethical dimensions of photography as it is used today.
A first-of-its-kind anthology exploring the link between the art of photography and the theoretical questions it raises
Written in a thorough and engaging manner
Essayists are all contemporary philosophers who bring with them an exceptional understanding of the broader metaphysical issues pertaining to...
This anthology offers a fresh approach to the philosophical aspects of photography. The essays, written by contemporary philosophers in a thorough and...
Now, for the first time, a philosopher undertakes a systematic investigation of the moral and aesthetic issues to which cultural appropriation gives rise.
Cultural appropriation is a pervasive feature of the contemporary world (the Parthenon Marbles remain in London; white musicians from Bix Beiderbeck to Eric Clapton have appropriated musical styles from African-American culture)
Young offers the first systematic philosophical investigation of the moral and aesthetic issues to which cultural appropriation gives rise
Tackles head on the thorny...
Now, for the first time, a philosopher undertakes a systematic investigation of the moral and aesthetic issues to which cultural appropriation gives r...
A compelling exploration of the convergence of Jane Austen's literary themes and characters with David Hume's views on morality and human nature.
Argues that the normative perspectives endorsed in Jane Austen's novels are best characterized in terms of a Humean approach, and that the merits of Hume's account of ethical, aesthetic and epistemic virtue are vividly illustrated by Austen's writing.
Illustrates how Hume and Austen complement one another, each providing a lens that allows us to expand and elaborate on the ideas of the other
Proposes that literature may...
A compelling exploration of the convergence of Jane Austen's literary themes and characters with David Hume's views on morality and human nature.
Comic Relief: A Comprehensive Philosophy of Humor develops an inclusive theory that integrates psychological, aesthetic, and ethical issues relating to humor
Offers an enlightening and accessible foray into the serious business of humor
Reveals how standard theories of humor fail to explain its true nature and actually support traditional prejudices against humor as being antisocial, irrational, and foolish
Argues that humor's benefits overlap significantly with those of philosophy
Includes a foreword by Robert Mankoff, Cartoon Editor of The New...
Comic Relief: A Comprehensive Philosophy of Humor develops an inclusive theory that integrates psychological, aesthetic, and ethical issues rel...
Through a series of essays, Art and Ethical Criticism explores the complex relationship between the arts and morality.
Reflects the importance of a moral life of engagement with works of art
Forms part of the prestigious New Directions in Aesthetics series, which confronts the most intriguing problems in aesthetics and the philosophy of art today
Through a series of essays, Art and Ethical Criticism explores the complex relationship between the arts and morality.
