Art and abstract objects /
This book presents a lively philosophical exchange between the philosophy of art and the core areas of philosophy. The standard way of thinking about non-repeatable (single-instance) artworks such as paintings, drawings, and non-cast sculpture is that they are concrete (i.e., material, causally effi...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford, United Kingdom :
Oxford University Press,
2012.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Online Access: | Table of contents Contributor biographical information Publisher description |
| Summary: | This book presents a lively philosophical exchange between the philosophy of art and the core areas of philosophy. The standard way of thinking about non-repeatable (single-instance) artworks such as paintings, drawings, and non-cast sculpture is that they are concrete (i.e., material, causally efficacious, located in space and time). This volume examines how philosophical enquiry into art might itself productively inform or be productively informed by enquiry into abstracta taking place within not just metaphysics but also the philosophy of mathematics, epistemology, philosophy of science, and philosophy of mind and language. While the contributors chiefly focus on the relationship between philosophy of art and contemporary metaphysics with respect to the overlap issue of abstracta, they provide a methodological blueprint from which scholars working both within and beyond philosophy of art can begin building responsible, mutually informative, and productive relationships between their respective fields. |
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| Physical Description: | vi, 310 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199691494 0199691495 |