Aesthetics: Volume 1 (Fundamentals of Philosophy 1) - Softcover

Lyas, Colin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0773516476 ISBN 13: 9780773516472

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1993

Synopsis

The book includes engaging discussions of all of the areas central to aesthetics: aesthetic experience, representation, expression, the definition and ontology of art, evaluation, interpretation, truth, and morality. As well as providing a solid grounding in the seminal theories of Plato, Immanuel Kant, and Benedetto Croce, it presents the ideas of contemporary analytic thinkers, such as Ludwig Wittgenstein and Nelson Goodman, and the iconoclastic views of continental theorists, such as Roland Barthes and Jacques Derrida. Concerned throughout with enhancing the reader's response to art, Colin Lyas brings his theoretical discussions to life with a wealth of topical examples of human creativity that are familiar to young people: Bowie as well as Beethoven, Warhol as well as Whistler. With comprehensive, up-to-date guides to further reading, Aesthetics is an invaluable introduction for students taking philosophy of art courses and essential reading for anyone who wishes to be informed and inspired to think about and experience art in a new way.

About this title

From the Publisher

New Introductions Philosophy
My name is John Shand and I am the Series Editor of set of books FUNDAMENTALS OF PHILOSOPHY. The Colin Lyas, AESTHETICS is the first in the series to be published in a set of books that aims to cover in introductions all the core areas of philosophy. Other books in the series include: ETHICS, PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE, PHILOSOPHY OF MIND, MODERN PHILOSOPHY, POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY, ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY, PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE and LOGIC. The aim is the present lively and engossing overviews of all these areas that can be used as texts by students, or anyone interested to discover about these subjects. The Lyas leads the way with superb introduction to AESTHETICS that indicates the quality and tone of the series.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0773516476
• ISBN 13: 9780773516472
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256