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3Sound, gesture, spatial imagination, and the expression of emotion in musicEuropean Review of Philosophy 5 137-150. 2002.
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1Aesthetic Properties, Evaluative Force, and Differences of SensibilityIn Emily Brady & J. Levinson (eds.), Aesthetic concepts : essays after Sibley, Oxford University Press. pp. 61--80. 2001.
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339Aesthetics and Ethics: Essays at the Intersection (edited book)Cambridge University Press. 1998.This major collection of essays stands at the border of aesthetics and ethics and deals with charged issues of practical import: art and morality, the ethics of taste, and censorship. As such its potential interest is by no means confined to professional philosophers; it should also appeal to art historians and critics, literary theorists, and students of film. Prominent philosophers in both aesthetics and ethics tackle a wide array of issues. Some of the questions explored in the volume include…Read more
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605Defending hypothetical intentionalismBritish Journal of Aesthetics 50 (2): 139-150. 2010.I here defend hypothetical intentionalism, the view of literary and cinematic interpretation that I endorse, from some recent criticisms, and then illustrate the appeal of the view in connection with a recent film of enigmatic cast
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99Music in the momentCornell University Press. 1997.Does aural understanding depend upon reflective awareness of musical architecture or large-scale musical structure? Jerrold Levinson thinks not.
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211The place of real emotion in response to fictionsJournal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 48 (1): 79-80. 1990.
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206Contemplating art: essays in aestheticsOxford University Press. 2006.Contemplating Art is a compendium of writings from the last ten years by one of the leading figures in aesthetics, Jerrold Levinson. The twenty-four essays range over issues in general aesthetics and those relating to specific arts--in particular music, film, and literature. It will appeal not only to philosophers but also to musicologists, literary theorists, art critics, and reflective lovers of the arts.
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16Music and negative emotionIn Jenefer Robinson (ed.), Music & meaning, Cornell University Press. pp. 327. 1997.
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207The Aesthetic Appreciation of MusicBritish Journal of Aesthetics 49 (4): 415-425. 2009.This essay offers a sketch of what aesthetic appreciation of music fundamentally consists in, underlining both why such engagement counts as aesthetic and why such engagement counts as appreciation, and emphasizing the role of perception of gesture in the grasp of musical expressiveness. The analysis is illustrated by a piece of chamber music of Gabriel Fauré. In the last section of the essay I address some remarks of Roger Scruton on the connection between music and dance, ones whose relevance …Read more
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83Jazz Vocal Interpretation: A Philosophical AnalysisJournal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 71 (1): 35-43. 2013.
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59A thousand entities: Comments on Haugeland's ontological supervenience'Southern Journal of Philosophy 22 (S1): 13-17. 1984.
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595Hume's standard of taste: The real problemJournal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 60 (3). 2002.
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122Plaisanteries immoralesNouvelle Revue d'Esthétique 6 (2): 143-150. 2010.Résumé Pouvons-nous trouver une plaisanterie raciste ou sexiste à la fois drôle et moralement condamnable? Certains répondent « non », soit en tentant de montrer que l’immoralité disparaît dans le contexte de la plaisanterie, soit en soutenant que de telles plaisanteries ne sont pas réellement drôles ou ne devraient pas être trouvées telles. L’article soutient au contraire que oui! Et c’est de la mauvaise foi que de ne pas le reconnaître. La question est alors de savoir si leur immoralité nuit à…Read more
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159Artful intentions: Paisley Livingston, art and intention: A philosophical study. Art and intention: A philosophical study by Livingston, PaisleyJournal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 65 (3). 2007.
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15What a Musical Work Is, AgainIn Music, Art, and Metaphysics, Oxford University Press. pp. 215-263. 2011.
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61Comment l'art pourrait-il rendre possibles certaines émotionsNouvelle Revue d'Esthétique 14 (2): 9-16. 2015.Je voudrais ici réfléchir, de façon provisoire et exploratoire, à la question de savoir en quels sens il est possible de dire que certaines émotions ne pouvaient pas exister avant que certaines œuvres d’art ou certains genres artistiques n’existent, ou qu’elles ne pourraient pas exister s’ils n’existaient pas. Mon but est donc de mieux comprendre le rôle que les arts peuvent jouer, à la fois dans la construction, dans la conception et dans la communication de certaines émotions – émotions qu’on …Read more
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84Musical Concerns: Essays in Philosophy of MusicOxford University Press. 2015.This volume presents a new collection of essays on music by Jerrold Levinson, one of the most prominent philosophers of art today. The essays are wide-ranging and represent some of the most stimulating work being done within analytic aesthetics. Three of the essays are previously unpublished, and four of them focus on music in the jazz tradition.
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475The Oxford handbook of aesthetics (edited book)Oxford University Press. 2003.The Oxford Handbook of Aesthetics brings the authority, liveliness, and multi-disciplinary scope of the Handbook series to a fascinating theme in philosophy and the arts. Jerrold Levinson has assembled a hugely impressive range of talent to contribute 48 brand-new essays, making this the most comprehensive guide available to the theory, application, history, and future of the field. This Handbook will be invaluable to academics and students across philosophy and all branches of the arts, both as…Read more
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210Music, art, and metaphysics: essays in philosophical aestheticsCornell University Press. 1990.This is a long-awaited reissue of Jerrold Levinson's 1990 book which gathers together the writings that made him a leading figure in contemporary aesthetics. These highly influential essays are essential reading for debates on the definition of art, the ontology of art, emotional response to art, expression in art, and the nature of art forms.