Introduction to Aesthetics
This work provides an introduction to aesthetics, from the perspective of analytic philosophy. It traces aesthetics from its ancient beginnings through the changes it underwent in the 18th, 19th and the first half of 20th century. The responses in the 1960s of the cultural theories to these earlier developments are discussed in detail. Five traditional art evaluational theories...
This work provides an introduction to aesthetics, from the perspective of analytic philosophy. It traces aesthetics from its ancient beginnings through the changes it underwent in the 18th, 19th and the first half of 20th century. The responses in the 1960s of the cultural theories to these earlier developments are discussed in detail. Five traditional art evaluational theories, Beardsley's and Goodman's evaluational theories, and the author's own evaluational theory are presented. Four miscellaneous topics are also discussed - internationalist criticism, symbolism, metaphor, and expression.
乔治·迪基,作为一位典型的美国哲学家,乃是当代最重要的分析美学家之一。他于1949年毕业于佛罗里达大学,1959年于加利福尼亚大学获得博士学位,一直从事美学的教学和研究工作,最后在伊利诺斯大学荣休。其主要研究领域是美学、艺术哲学和18世纪的趣味理论。1990到1991年,他曾担任伊利诺斯哲学协会主席,1993年到1994年担任美国美学协会主席,荣休之后很少参与学术活动。迪基的重要著作包括七部:《美学:一个导论》(1971),《艺术与审美》(Art and the Aesthetic, 1974),《艺术圈:一种艺术理论》(The Art Circle: A Theory of Art, 1984),《评价艺术》(Evaluating Art, 1988),《趣味的世纪:18世纪趣味的哲学漫长历程》(The Century of Taste:The P...
乔治·迪基,作为一位典型的美国哲学家,乃是当代最重要的分析美学家之一。他于1949年毕业于佛罗里达大学,1959年于加利福尼亚大学获得博士学位,一直从事美学的教学和研究工作,最后在伊利诺斯大学荣休。其主要研究领域是美学、艺术哲学和18世纪的趣味理论。1990到1991年,他曾担任伊利诺斯哲学协会主席,1993年到1994年担任美国美学协会主席,荣休之后很少参与学术活动。迪基的重要著作包括七部:《美学:一个导论》(1971),《艺术与审美》(Art and the Aesthetic, 1974),《艺术圈:一种艺术理论》(The Art Circle: A Theory of Art, 1984),《评价艺术》(Evaluating Art, 1988),《趣味的世纪:18世纪趣味的哲学漫长历程》(The Century of Taste:The Philosophical Odyssey of Taste in the Eighteenth Century, 1996),《美学导论:一种分析美学方法》(1997)和《艺术与价值》(Art and Value, 2001)。