21 June 2025

Carroll—A contemporary introduction—Chapter 1 (Part 2 of 2)

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Noël Carroll Philosophy of Art: A contemporary introduction (1999) [33] Part II What is representation? Pictorial r...

Carroll—A contemporary introduction—Chapter 1 (Part 1 of 2)

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Noël Carroll Philosophy of Art: A contemporary introduction (1999) [19] 1 Art and representation Part 1 Art as r...
20 June 2025

Carroll—A contemporary introduction—Introductory Chapter

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Noël Carroll Philosophy of Art: A contemporary introduction (1999) [2] Introduction What is philosophy? Th...
16 May 2025

Ted Cohen—The Possibility of Art

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Philosophy Looks at the Arts ed. Joseph Margolis (Third Edition, 1987) [186] 10. The Possibility of Art: Remarks on...
03 May 2025

JACK GLICKMAN—Creativity in the Arts

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Philosophy Looks at the Arts ed. Joseph Margolis (Third Edition, 1987) [168] 9. Creativity in the Arts JACK GLICK...
27 March 2025

The Dixieland Nightmare

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"Keep it simple." But there isn't a simple solution to the VI 7(♭13 ) chord, i.e. in Bourbon Street Parade, Sheik of Araby, ...
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22 March 2025

ARTHUR DANTO—The Artworld

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Philosophy Looks at the Arts ed. Joseph Margolis (Third Edition, 1987) [153] The Artworld ARTHUR DANTO [orig. 1964] ...
21 March 2025

[sc]airquotes (ix)—in praise of dick-thinking

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Herb Goldberg The Hazards of Being Male (1976) [22] 3. The Wisdom Of The Penis ... The essence and ultimate joy...
09 March 2025

MORRIS WEITZ—The Role of Theory in Aesthetics

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Philosophy Looks at the Arts ed. Joseph Margolis (Third Edition, 1987) [143] The Role of Theory in Aesthetics MORRIS WEITZ ...
22 February 2025

MARGOLIS—The Definition of Art

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Philosophy Looks at the Arts ed. Joseph Margolis (Third Edition, 1987) [137] Part Two The Definition of Art ... ...
25 January 2025

Fingerprints or Mushroom Stamps?

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This is my Goodreads review of Johanna Drucker's Sweet Dreams: Contemporary Art and Complicity. Feeling horny? Grab this bo...
17 January 2025

GEORGE DICKIE—The Myth of the Aesthetic Attitude

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Philosophy Looks at the Arts ed. Joseph Margolis (Third Edition, 1987) What to do with this, knowing that it comes not at the end...
03 January 2025

TIMOTHY BINKLEY—Contra Aesthetics

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Philosophy Looks at the Arts ed. Joseph Margolis (Third Edition, 1987) [80] Piece: Contra Aesthetics TIMOTHY BINKLEY [or...
19 December 2024

. . . in relation to the unknown

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My dad once said to me that philosophy is "highly destructive of certainty." Thus prompted, I want to enumerate some (possibly n...
13 December 2024

Wolterstorff—Kissing, Touching, and Crying

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Nicholas Wolterstorff " Why Philosophy of Art Cannot Handle Kissing, Touching, and Crying " (2003) [17] I From Friday...
15 July 2024

Rank—Art and Artist (viii)—Partiality and Totality

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Otto Rank Art and Artist trans. Charles Francis Atkinson (1932/1989) [100] I have already, in another connexion, s...
12 July 2024

Rank—Art and Artist (vii)—On Abstraction and Intuition

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Otto Rank Art and Artist trans. Charles Francis Atkinson (1932/1989) Chapter Four THE PLA...
07 July 2024

Becker—Escape From Evil (iv)

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Ernest Becker Escape From Evil (1975) [146] CHAPTER TEN Retrospect and Conclusion: What Is the Heroic Society? . . ....

Becker—Escape From Evil (iii)

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Ernest Becker Escape From Evil (1975) [96] CHAPTER EIGHT The Nature of Social Evil Nor can we deny that we all eat ...

Becker—Escape From Evil (ii)

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Ernest Becker Escape From Evil (1975) [52] CHAPTER FOUR The Evolution of Inequality Radin's view of how shamans...