Aaron Ridley's Singularities is an enjoyable collection of fourteen essays that deal with a wide variety of topics in the philosophy of art or rather, as Aaron Ridley prefers to say, "aesthetics."

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These essays, half of them appearing here for the first time, address issues concerning the two key singularities that Kant identified in aesthetics: artistic creativity and aesthetic judgement. Ranging from Kant himself to contemporary debates, from song to conceptual art, from ethics to atheism, from function to failure, Aaron Ridley explores the ways in which the one-off character of creativity and judgement may defy our ordinary expectations of what an explanation should be like. Intended equally for specialists and students, this collection offers a distinctive approach to aesthetics that will be of interest to any reader concerned with philosophical reflection upon the arts.
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Aaron Ridley presents a series of twelve essays, half of them appearing here for the first time, about the two key singularities that Kant identified in aesthetics: artistic creativity and aesthetic judgement. He explores how the one-off character of creativity and judgement defy our ordinary expectations of what an explanation should be like.
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Introduction Part 1: Creativity 1: R.G. Collingwood: a Philosophy of Art 2: Against Musical Ontology 3: Pieces of Music and Pinches of Salt 4: Why Ethics and Aesthetics are Practically the Same 5: Making Art, Making Craft 6: Kant's Aesthetic Ideas Part 2: Judgement 7: On the Musically Possible 8: Song as a Whole 9: Bad Art 10: Alex Neill, University of Southampton: Critical Conversions 11: Religious Music for Godless Ears 12: Art Works: on Functional Beauty References Index
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Educated at the universities of York (BA) and Cambridge (PhD), Aaron Ridley has taught at UCNW Bangor, Ithaca College, NY, and, since 1994, the University of Southampton. His chief research interests are aesthetics, especially musical aesthetics, and the thought of Friedrich Nietzsche.
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Presents six new essays published for the first time, several of which address neglected themes and thinkers in aesthetics Addresses Kant's two key singularities: artistic creativity and aesthetic judgement Offers a distinctive approach to aesthetics
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ISBN
9780192845979
Publisert
2024
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Oxford University Press
Vekt
556 gr
Høyde
240 mm
Bredde
160 mm
Dybde
20 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
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Engelsk
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Antall sider
288

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Educated at the universities of York (BA) and Cambridge (PhD), Aaron Ridley has taught at UCNW Bangor, Ithaca College, NY, and, since 1994, the University of Southampton. His chief research interests are aesthetics, especially musical aesthetics, and the thought of Friedrich Nietzsche.