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183Review: The Return of the Beautiful: Morality, Pleasure, and the Value of Uncertainty (review)Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 58 (4). 2000.
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82"Getting Used to Not Getting Used to It": Nietzsche in The Magic MountainPhilosophy and Literature 5 (1): 73-90. 1981.
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39Plato on imitation and poetry in republic 10In J. M. E. Moravcsik & Philip Temko (eds.), Plato on beauty, wisdom, and the arts, Rowman & Littlefield. 1982.
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99Art, Interpretation, and the Rest of LifeProceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association 78 (2). 2004.
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60The Philosophical Disenfranchisement of Art and The State of the Art by Arthur C. Danto (review)Journal of Philosophy 85 (4): 214-219. 1988.
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134The Art of Living: Socratic Reflections from Plato to Foucault by Alexander NehamasJournal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 57 (4): 473-475. 1999.For much of its history, philosophy was not merely a theoretical discipline but a way of life, an "art of living." This practical aspect of philosophy has been much less dominant in modernity than it was in ancient Greece and Rome, when philosophers of all stripes kept returning to Socrates as a model for living. The idea of philosophy as an art of living has survived in the works of such major modern authors as Montaigne, Nietzsche, and Foucault. Each of these writers has used philosophical dis…Read more
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183Richard Shusterman on pleasure and aesthetic experienceJournal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 56 (1): 49-51. 1998.
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Een redelijk pessimismeNexus 47. 2007.Dit essay van Alexander Nehamas is een waarschuwing aan hen, die de teloorgang van onze cultuur aantonen door de culturele uitingen die ons vandaag omringen te vergelijken met de meesterwerken uit het verleden. Dat is een scheve en oneerlijke vergelijking. Zo ontmoedigend is onze wereld niet, aldus de auteur. Jammerklachten over de teloorgang van de beschaving zijn al zo oud als de Griekse dichter Hesiodus en er is geen reden om aan te nemen dat de dingen in het algemeen nog slechter worden dan …Read more
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Areas of Specialization
| Value Theory |
| History of Western Philosophy |
| Philosophical Traditions |