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The Question of Style in Philosophy and the Arts (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy & the Arts) - Hardcover

 
9780521473415: The Question of Style in Philosophy and the Arts (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy & the Arts)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0521473411 ISBN 13: 9780521473415
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1995

Synopsis

Essays examining the historical transition in our perception of the arts and philosophy.

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The eighteenth and nineteenth centuries witnessed a change in the perception of the arts and of philosophy. In the arts this transition occurred around 1800, with, for instance, the breakdown of Vitruvianism in architecture; in philosophy the foundationalism of which Descartes and Spinoza were paradigmatic representatives, which presumed that philosophy and the sciences possessed a method of ensuring the demonstration of truths, was undermined by the idea asserted by Nietzsche and Wittgenstein that there exist alternative styles of enquiry among which a choice is open. The essays in this book examine the circumstances, features, and consequences of this historical transition, exploring in particular new aspects and instances of the interrelatedness of content and its formal representation in both the arts and philosophy.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
1995
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521473411
ISBN 13 
9780521473415
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
260
Editor
Eck Caroline Van, McAllister James, Vall Renée Van De