Knowing Art

Essays in Aesthetics and Epistemology
2. printing of 1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-1-4020-6785-3
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, Band 107, 167 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 300 g

Reihe: Philosophical Studies Series

Artworks potentially convey two kinds of knowledge. They obviously afford knowledge of art itself, and they also afford general empirical knowledge, especially knowledge of human psychology and value.

“Knowing Art” collects ten original essays written by leading philosophers who distill and build upon recent work at the intersection of aesthetics and epistemology. Specific topics addressed include the objectivity of critical knowledge, the quality of critical testimony, the roles of principles and perception in critical reasoning, phenomenal knowledge of what a work of art is like, the acquisition of factual information and psychological understanding from fictions, and the limits of images as sources of historical evidence. In addressing these topics, the volume also explores the challenges that art poses for theories of knowledge as well as the challenges that artistic knowledge poses to traditional views about art.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mciver Lopes, Dominic

Kieran, Matthew

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein Kunsttheorie, Kunstphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ästhetik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Knowing Through Art.- Knowing Content in the Visual Arts.- Pictures, Knowledge, and Power: The Case of T. J. Clark.- Narrating the Truth (More or Less).- Fiction and Psychological Insight.- Art and Modal Knowledge.- Charley’s World: Narratives of Aesthetic Experience.- Knowing About Art.- Really Bad Taste.- Solving the Puzzle of Aesthetic Testimony.- Critical Compatibilism.- Critical Reasoning and Critical Perception.