The Definition of Art - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Oct 23, 2007 · The more traditional, less conventionalist sort of definition defended in contemporary philosophy makes use of a broader, more traditional concept of aesthetic properties that includes …
History of the Ontology of Art - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Aug 29, 2011 · Rather than attempting to make conjectures about such difficult exegetical topics, this entry focuses primarily on contributions made by authors who explicitly address themselves at length …
Hegel’s Aesthetics - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Jan 20, 2009 · The philosophy of spirit is in turn divided into three sections: on subjective, objective and absolute spirit. Hegel’s philosophy of art or “aesthetics” constitutes the first sub-section of his …
The Concept of the Aesthetic - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Sep 11, 2009 · 1. The Concept of Taste The concept of the aesthetic descends from the concept of taste. Why the concept of taste commanded so much philosophical attention during the 18th century …
Conceptual Art (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
Jun 7, 2007 · The philosophy of art addresses a broad spectrum of theoretical issues arising from a wide variety of objects of attention. These range from Paleolithic cave painting to postmodern poetry, and …
Aristotle’s Aesthetics - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Dec 3, 2021 · The term “aesthetics”, though deriving from the Greek (aisthetikos meaning “related to sense experience”), is a modern one, forged by Baumgarten as the title of his main book (Aesthetica, …
Aesthetic Experience - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Jan 20, 2023 · Philosophical work on art and beauty in the Western tradition extends back at least as far as the ancient Greeks, but the concept of aesthetic experience as such emerged in this tradition only …
Plato’s Aesthetics - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Jun 27, 2008 · Strictly speaking the phrase “Plato’s aesthetics” is anachronistic, given that this area of philosophy only came to be identified in the last few centuries. But even those who take aesthetics …
Kant’s Aesthetics and Teleology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Jul 2, 2005 · With increased focus on its general philosophical underpinnings, the third Critique has come to be seen not only as significant within the disciplines of aesthetics and philosophy of biology, …
Erotic Art (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
Aug 20, 2014 · What is erotic art? Do all paintings with a sexual theme qualify as erotic? How to distinguish between erotica and erotic art? In what way are aesthetic experiences related to, or …