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40Forbidden Knowledge: The Challenge of ImmoralismIn Jose Luis Bermudez & Sebastian Gardner (eds.), Art and Morality, Routledge. 2003.
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35Hume, holism and miracles by David Johnson, Cornell university press, ithaca and London, 1999, pp. 106 £22.95 hb (review)Philosophy 76 (2): 312-327. 2001.
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30Aesthetics and the Sciences of Mind (edited book)Oxford University Press. 2014.How far should philosophical accounts of the value and interpretation of art be sensitive to the scientific approaches used by psychologists, sociologists, and evolutionary thinkers? A team of experts urge different answers to this question, and explore how empirical inquiry can shed light on problems traditionally regarded as philosophical
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25Why Ideal Critics are Not Ideal: Aesthetic Character, Motivation and Value: ArticlesBritish Journal of Aesthetics 48 (3): 278-294. 2008.On a contemporary Humean-influenced view, the responses of suitably idealized appreciators are presented as tracking, or even determining, facts about artistic value. Focusing on the intra-personal case, this paper argues that facts about the refinement and reconfiguration of aesthetic character together with the manner in which autobiography and character are implicated in artistic appreciation make it de facto unlikely that we can reliably come to know how our ideal counterpart would respond t…Read more
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23Applied Philosophy and Business EthicsJournal of Applied Philosophy 12 (2): 175-187. 1995.Given the socio‐economic incentives for academic relevance, the sceptic may well challenge the academic integrity of the evolving discipline of business ethics. For, the question is, how could such an emerging field of enquiry constitute applied philosophy? I critically examine certain arguments, principally advanced by Michael Oakeshott and Stephen Clark, which might be thought to underwrite such scepticism, via a wholesale suspicion of applied ethics. Yet, I argue, philosophy can be and is pro…Read more
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23Creativity as a Virtue of CharacterIn Elliot Samuel Paul & Scott Barry Kaufman (eds.), The Philosophy of Creativity, Oxford University Press. 2014.Examining the complex role that motivation plays in creativity foregrounds the role of intrinsic motivation in paradigmatic cases of creative achievement. This is significant given the neglect of the role of motivation in the philosophical literature. Furthermore, given the way in which intrinsic motivation typically grounds and enables the cultivation of creativity for creatures like us, it pays to think of creativity in virtue-theoretic terms. As suggested by both empirical and conceptual cons…Read more
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17On Obscenity: The Thrill and Repulsion of the Morally ProhibitedPhilosophy and Phenomenological Research 64 (1): 31-55. 2002.The paper proceeds by criticising the central accounts of obscenity proffered by Feinberg, Scruton and the suggestive remarks of Nussbaum and goes on to argue for the following formal characterization of obscenity: x is appropriately judged obscene if and only if either (A) x is appropriately classified as a member of a form or class of objects whose authorized purpose is to solicit and commend to us cognitive‐affective responses which are (1) internalized as morally prohibited and (2) does so i…Read more
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11Linda Weintraub, Ed., Art on The Edge and Over: Searching for Art'S Meaning in Contemporary Society, 1970S-1990SJournal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 56 (4): 412-413. 1998.
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11The nature and value of artDissertation, St. Andrews. 1995.This thesis examines the nature and value of art. It is primarily concerned to advance an argument which makes sense of the significance we ordinarily afford art, rather than rendering it merely aesthetic and thus cognitively trivial. Contrary to philosophical orthodoxy, it is argued that 'art' does not have two distinct senses. Rather, we should understand art as an inherently evaluative, evolving cultural practice. Thus, I argue, 'art' is essentially a cluster concept. I consider an account of…Read more
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8Contemporary Debates in Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art (edited book)Wiley-Blackwell. 2006._Contemporary Debates in Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art _features pairs of newly commissioned essays by some of the leading theorists working in the field today. Brings together fresh debates on eleven of the most controversial issues in aesthetics and the philosophy of art Topics addressed include the nature of beauty, aesthetic experience, artistic value, and the nature of our emotional responses to art. Each question is treated by a pair of opposing essays written by eminent scholars, a…Read more
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8Philosophical Aesthetics and the Sciences of Art (edited book)Cambridge University Press. 2014.Musical listening, looking at paintings and literary creation are activities that involve perceptual and cognitive activity and so are of interest to psychologists and other scientists of the mind. What sorts of interest should philosophers of the arts take in scientific approaches to such issues? Opinion currently ranges across a spectrum, with 'take no notice' at one end and 'abandon traditional philosophical methods' at the other. This collection of essays, originating in a Royal Institute of…Read more
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4Value of artIn Berys Nigel Gaut & Dominic Lopes (eds.), The Routledge Companion to Aesthetics, Routledge. 2000.
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3Emotions, Art, and ImmoralityIn Peter Goldie (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Emotion, Oxford University Press. 2009.
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University of LeedsProfessor
Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Areas of Interest
Aesthetics |
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Media Ethics |