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Jerrold Levinson

University of Maryland, College Park
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University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Department of Philosophy
PhD, 1974
College Park, Maryland, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
Metaphysics
Aesthetics
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    The place of real emotion in response to fictions
    Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 48 (1): 79-80. 1990.
    Aesthetics and Emotions
  •  605
    Defending hypothetical intentionalism
    British 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
    Literary InterpretationThe Interpretation of Art
  •  99
    Music in the moment
    Cornell University Press. 1997.
    Does aural understanding depend upon reflective awareness of musical architecture or large-scale musical structure? Jerrold Levinson thinks not.
    Philosophy of Music
  •  207
    The Aesthetic Appreciation of Music
    British 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
    AestheticsAesthetic Cognition
  •  206
    Contemplating art: essays in aesthetics
    Oxford 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.
    Philosophy of Literature
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    Music and negative emotion
    In Jenefer Robinson (ed.), Music & meaning, Cornell University Press. pp. 327. 1997.
    Aesthetics and EmotionsPhilosophy of Music