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55Environmental AestheticsStanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 2020.Environmental aesthetics is a relatively new sub-field ofphilosophical aesthetics. It arose within analytic aesthetics in thelast third of the twentieth century. Prior to its emergence,aesthetics within the analytic tradition was largely concerned withphilosophy of art. Environmental aesthetics originated as a reactionto this emphasis, pursuing instead the investigation of the aestheticappreciation of natural environments. Since its early stages, thescope of environmental aesthetics has broadene…Read more
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107The Aesthetics of Human Environments (edited book)Broadview Press. 2007.The Aesthetics of Human Environments is a companion volume to Carlson's and Berleant's The Aesthetics of Natural Environments. Whereas the earlier collection focused on the aesthetic appreciation of nature, The Aesthetics of Human Environments investigates philosophical and aesthetics issues that arise from our engagement with human environments ranging from rural landscapes to urban cityscapes. Our experience of public spaces such as shopping centers, theme parks, and gardens as well as the imp…Read more
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55The Aesthetics of Natural Environments (edited book)Broadview Press. 2004.The Aesthetics of Natural Environments is a collection of essays investigating philosophical and aesthetics issues that arise in our appreciation of natural environments. The introduction gives an historical and conceptual overview of the rapidly developing field of study known as environmental aesthetics. The essays consist of classic pieces as well as new contributions by some of the most prominent individuals now working in the field and range from theoretical to applied approaches. The topic…Read more
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128New formalism and the aesthetic appreciation of natureJournal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 62 (4). 2004.Recently, several authors have defended a new version of formalism in the aesthetics of nature and attempted to refute earlier arguments against the doctrine. In this essay, we assess this new formalism by reconsidering the force of antiformalist arguments against both traditional formalism and new formalism. While we find that these arguments remain effective against traditional formalism, new formalism falls largely beyond their scope. We therefore provide a novel line of argument for the insi…Read more
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36Distinguishing intention and function in art appreciationBehavioral and Brain Sciences 36 (2). 2013.We applaud Bullot and Reber's attempt to encompass the function of artworks within their psycho-historical model of art appreciation. However, we suggest that in order to fully realize this aim, they require a clearer distinction between an artist's intentions toward an artwork and its proper functions. We also show how such a distinction improves the internal coherence of their model
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31Critical notice of Eddy M. Zemach, Real Beauty (review)Canadian Journal of Philosophy 29 (4): 635-653. 1999.
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10Racial Battle Fatigue in Higher Education: Exposing the Myth of Post-Racial America (edited book)Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 2014.Racial Battle Fatigue is described as the physical and psychological toll taken due to constant and unceasing discrimination, microagressions, and stereotype threat. This edited volume looks at RBF from the perspectives of graduate students, middle level academics, and chief diversity officers at major institutions of learning.
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16Student-generated video creation for assessment: can it transform assessment within Higher Education?International Journal for Transformative Research 5 (1): 1-11. 2018.Student-generated video creation assessments are an innovative and emerging form of assessment in higher education. Academic staff may be understandably reluctant to transform assessment practices without robust evidence of the benefits and rationale for doing so and some guidance regarding how to do so successfully. A systematic approach to searching the literature was conducted to identify relevant resources, which generated key documents, authors and internet sources which were thematically a…Read more
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23Post-Theory: Reconstructing FilmOn the Edge of America: California Modernist Art, 1900-1950Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 56 (3): 313. 1998.
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Passion and Spirit in Man: A Study in the Philosophy of MalebrancheDissertation, Fordham University. 1972.
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26Critical Notice of Eddy M. Zemach Real Beauty (review)Canadian Journal of Philosophy 29 (4): 635-653. 1999.