Aesthetics 50 Puzzles Paradoxes And Thought Experiments | Philosophy

Aesthetics: 50 Puzzles Paradoxes and Thought Experiments is a teaching-focused resource which highlights the contributions that imaginative scenarios-paradoxes puzzles and thought experiments alike-have made to the development of contemporary analytic aesthetics. The book is divided into sections pertaining to art-making ontology aesthetic judgements appreciation and interpretation and ethics and value and offers an accessible summary of ten debates falling under each section. Each entry also features a detailed annotated bibliography making it an ideal companion for courses surveying a broad collection of topics and readings in aesthetics. Key Features: Uses a problem-centered approach to aesthetics (rather than author- or theory-centered) making the text more inviting to first-time students of the subject Offers stand-alone chapters allowing students to quickly understand an issue and giving instructors flexibility in assigning readings to match the themes of the course Provides up-to-date annotated bibliographies at the end of each entry amounting to an extensive review of the literature on contemporary analytic aesthetics |Aesthetics 50 Puzzles Paradoxes and Thought Experiments | Philosophy