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6Aesthetic PropertiesAristotelian Society Supplementary Volume 79 191-227. 2005.[Derek Matravers] Jerrold Levinson maintains that he is a realist about aesthetic properties. This paper considers his positive arguments for such a view. An argument from Roger Scruton, that aesthetic realism would entail the absurd claim that many aesthetic predicates were ambiguous, is also considered and it is argued that Levinson is in no worse position with respect to this argument than anyone else. However, Levinson cannot account for the phenomenon of aesthetic autonomy: namely, that we …Read more
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5Aesthetics, literature and life: essays in honour of Jean-Pierre Cometti (edited book)Mimesis International. 2019.The complex relationship between life and the arts has always Vbeen a crucial topic in philosophical discourse. The essays in this book discuss fundamental issues of modern and contemporary aesthetics, drawing upon the work of the French philosopher Jean- Pierre Cometti, a key fi gure in the studies of aesthetics, pragmatism, and Austrian philosophy. The volume covers a wide-range of topics, from the examination of fundamental principles of art and literary criticism to a new understanding of th…Read more
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4Book Reviews (review)Metaphilosophy 9 (2): 163-180. 2007.Book reviewed in this article: JohnKing‐FarlowandWilliamNielsChristensen. Faith and the Life of Reason. CharlesTravis. Saying and Understanding (A Generative Theory of Illocutions). MichaelOakeshott. On Human Conduct.
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4S. Levarie and E. Levy, Musical MorphologyJournal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 43 (2): 222-223. 1984.
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3Prolegomenon to a Morality of MusicIn Alessandro Arbo, Michel LeDu & Sabine Plaud (eds.), Wittgenstein and Aesthetics: Perspectives and Debates, De Gruyter. pp. 161-166. 2012.
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3An Ontology of Art, by Gregory Currie (review)Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 52 (1): 215-222. 1992.
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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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3A Note on Categorical Properties and Contingent IdentityJournal of Philosophy 85 (12): 718-722. 1988.
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2Die expressive Besonderheit des JazzZeitschrift für Ästhetik Und Allgemeine Kunstwissenschaft 59 (1): 93-103. 2014.In this essay I try to identify what is specific to jazz – or at least, mainstream or core jazz – from the point of view of its expression. Along the way I address the vexing question of the essence of jazz, and briefly explicate the concept of musical expression of emotion that I am working with. I next postulate a Gestalt of jazz, which I attempt to circumscribe both through its underlying musical characteristics and the use of paradigm examples, and suggest that such a Gestalt comports well w…Read more
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2Eduard Hanslick, On the Musically Beautiful, trans. Geoffrey Payzant Reviewed byPhilosophy in Review 7 (10): 405-408. 1987.
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1Eduard Hanslick, On the Musically Beautiful, trans. Geoffrey Payzant (review)Philosophy in Review 7 405-408. 1987.
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1Artworks as artifactsIn Eric Margolis & Stephen Laurence (eds.), Creations of the Mind: Theories of Artifacts and Their Representaion, Oxford University Press. pp. 74--82. 2007.
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1Plaisanteries 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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1Popular song as moral microcosm : life lessons from jazz standardsIn Anthony O'Hear (ed.), Philosophy and the Arts, Cambridge University Press. 2013.
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1Aesthetic Properties, Evaluative Force, and Differences of SensibilityIn Emily Brady & Jerrold Levinson (eds.), Aesthetic Concepts: Essays After Sibley, Oxford University Press. pp. 61--80. 2001.
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Pourquoi il n'ya pas de tropesIn Jean-Maurice Monnoyer (ed.), La Structure du Monde, Vrin, Paris. pp. 371--386. 2004.
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Philosophical aesthetics: An overviewIn The Oxford handbook of aesthetics, Oxford University Press. pp. 3--24. 2003.