Monroe C. Beardsley
Aesthetics: Problems in the Philosophy of Criticism
(1958)
[SK's comments]
[1]
INTRODUCTION
There would be no problems of aesthetics,
in the sense in which I propose to mark out this field of study,
if no one ever talked
about works of art.
So long as we enjoy a movie, a story, or a song, in silence— [...] —there is no call for philosophy.
But as soon as we utter a statement about the work, various sorts of question can arise.
Got it.
T
alk
ing causes
problems of aesthetics
.
That's what I already think.
Do I still need to read the next 600 pages?
