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3A Theory of Art Interpretation: Substantive ClaimsIn Interpretation and Construction, Blackwell. 2003.This chapter contains section titled: Arguing for the Theory Objections Notes.
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4Moderate and Historical ConstructivismIn Interpretation and Construction, Blackwell. 2003.This chapter contains section titled: A Dilemma for Moderate Constructivism Is the Dilemma Flawed? Intentional Objects Salience Creation as Property Change Can One Escape the Dilemma by Rejecting Bivalence? Indeterminacy and Imputation Historical Constructivism Oeuvres Conclusion Notes.
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5Interpretation and Construction in the LawIn Interpretation and Construction, Blackwell. 2003.This chapter contains section titled: Objects of Legal Interpretation Utterance Model of Legal Interpretation How the Law Is Different from Art Digression: Indeterminacy in Art and the Law Aims of Legal Interpretation and Conceptions of the Law Precedent and Judicial Authority Considerations of Prudence, Morality, and Justice: Judicial Liberty A Constructivist Conception of Legal Interpretation An Alternative View: Dworkin's Constructivism The Relevance of Intention: Con and Pro Conclusion Notes…Read more
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4Interpreting the EverydayIn Interpretation and Construction, Blackwell. 2003.This chapter contains section titled: The Intentional Domain Four Questions Special Aims Utterances Semantics and Pragmatics Extending the Utterance Model When Do We Interpret? Conceptions of Interpretation Monism and Pluralism Notes.
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4Relativism Versus PluralismIn Interpretation and Construction, Blackwell. 2003.This chapter contains section titled: Relativist Claims Relativism and Constructivism Motivations for Relativism Relativism and Pluralism Evaluation of Relativism about Interpretation The Constructivist's Dilemma Revisited An Acceptable Relativism? Notes.
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3Art Interpretation: The Central IssuesIn Interpretation and Construction, Blackwell. 2003.This chapter contains section titled: Actual Intentionalism Criticisms of Actual Intentionalism What Do we Aim At When We Interpret a Work? The Aims of Interpretation and the Value of Art Critical Monism and Critical Pluralism Theories of Work Meaning Hypothetical Intentionalism Versus the Unified View Notes.
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4This chapter contains section titled: Conceptual Issues of Art Interpretation Ontology of Interpretation Notes.
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IndexIn Interpretation and Construction, Blackwell. 2003.The prelims comprise: Half Title Title Copyright Contents Preface.
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2Radical ConstructivismIn Interpretation and Construction, Blackwell. 2003.This chapter contains section titled: Ontology of Radical Construction Arguments for Radical Constructivism Can Radical Constructivism Be Refuted? Notes.
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2Does Reid reject/refute the representational theory of mind?Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 73 (2): 174-184. 1992.
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39 Interpretation and the Ontology of ArtIn Michael Krausz (ed.), Is There a Single Right Interpretation?, Pennsylvania State University Press. pp. 159-180. 2002.
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61The role of intention and convention in interpreting artworksSouthern Journal of Philosophy 31 (4): 471-489. 1993.
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139Immoralism and the anti-theoretical viewBritish Journal of Aesthetics 48 (2): 145-161. 2008.Can a moral defect be an artistic virtue? Can it make a positive contribution to artistic value? Further, if this can happen on occasion, does this imply that moral value has no systematic connection to artistic value since every conceivable relation between them is possible? The idea that moral defects can sometimes be artistic virtues has received a fair number of defenders recently and so has the anti-theoretical view that there is no systematic relation between artistic and moral value. But …Read more
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Film as artIn Paisley Livingston & Carl Plantinga (eds.), The Routledge Companion to Philosophy and Film, Routledge. 2008.
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25Introduction: Symposium on Aesthetic ValueJournal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 81 (1): 80-80. 2023.There is a resurgence of interest in aesthetic value. The models widely considered standard—sometimes lumped under the title aesthetic hedonism or aesthetic emp.
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24Notes on Aesthetic ValueJournal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 81 (1): 103-104. 2023.Aesthetic experience and aesthetic value are intimately connected. There are some who think the connection has been overblown and has misled philosophers to mis.
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47A companion to aesthetics (edited book)Wiley-Blackwell. 2009.A COMPANION TO AESTHETICS This second edition of A Companion to Aesthetics examines questions that were among the earliest discussed by ancient philosophers, such as the nature of beauty and the relation between morality and art, while also addressing a host of new issues prompted by recent developments in the arts and in philosophy, including coverage of non-Western art traditions and of everyday and environmental aesthetics. The volume also canvases debates regarding the nature of representati…Read more
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63Defining “Art”: The Functionalism/Proceduralism ControversySouthern Journal of Philosophy 30 (4): 141-152. 1992.
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33Work and Object: Explorations in the Metaphysics of Art by lamarque, peterJournal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 69 (4): 415-417. 2011.
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20The wrong reasons: A response to Michael KrauszJournal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 55 (4): 418-421. 1997.
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46Value in ArtIn Jerrold Levinson (ed.), The Oxford handbook of aesthetics, Oxford University Press. pp. 307--324. 2003.
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Value in ArtIn Jerrold Levinson (ed.), The Oxford handbook of aesthetics, Oxford University Press. 2003.
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10Torsten Pettersson, Literary Interpretation: Current Model and a New DepartureJournal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 47 (3): 294-296. 1989.
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62Thomas Reid on the Moral SenseThe Monist 70 (4): 453-464. 1987.In this paper, I state Thomas Reid’s views about the moral sense and his criticism of the moral-sense theories of Francis Hutcheson and David Hume. I argue that Reid’s views about the moral sense has a distinct advantage over Hutcheson’s while they offer a viable alternative to Hume’s.
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47The Interactions of Function and Aesthetic Value in ArtifactsGrazer Philosophische Studien 96 (1): 19-36. 2019.In this paper, I ask: what is the role of function in appreciating artifacts? I will argue that several distinguishable functions are relevant to the aesthetic appreciation of artifacts, and sometimes more than one of these must be taken into account to adequately appreciate these objects. Second, I will claim that, while we can identify something we might call functional aesthetic value or functional beauty, the aesthetic properties that contribute to this value neither need to enhance the obje…Read more