INTRODUCTION TO AESTHETICS: Classic and Contemporary Readings: 2 (Introducing Philosophy)

Townsend, Dabney

ISBN 10: 1557867313 / ISBN 13: 9781557867315

Editore: John Wiley & Sons, 1997

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Titolo: INTRODUCTION TO AESTHETICS: Classic and ...

Casa editrice: John Wiley & Sons

Data di pubblicazione: 1997

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This volume is a fascinating introduction to the core themes and basic methods of aesthetics and the philosophy of art. Providing an analytic and historical treatment of the issues, and including many illustrative examples to both motivate and reinforce theoretical discussion, An Introduction to Aesthetics is the ideal course book for the philosophical novice. It includes an Appendix (containing the texts referred to in the book), a comprehensive Glossary and further reading suggestions to help the student reader develop a deeper comprehension of the field.

Informazioni sull?autore:

Dabney Townsend is Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Humanities at the University of Texas at Arlington. He has written extensively in the field of aesthetics, particularly on the developments in aesthetics in the eighteenth century, and has recently edited Aesthetics: Classic Readings in Western Tradition (1996).