Knowing Art Essays in Aesthetics and Epistemology

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Kieran, Matthew (Editor), McIver Lopes, Dominic (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2007, 2007
Edition:1st ed. 2007
Series:Philosophical Studies Series
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 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