Being for Beauty: Aesthetic Agency and Value
Author:   Dominic McIver Lopes (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, University of British Columbia)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780192855725


Pages:   288
Publication Date:   05 October 2021
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Dominic McIver Lopes (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, University of British Columbia)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   0.442kg
ISBN:  

9780192855725


ISBN 10:   0192855727
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   05 October 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Part I 1: Beings for Beauty 2: Getting Practical Part II 3: To Seize upon the Applause of the Heart 4: Six Degrees of Separation Part III 5: Strength and Warranties of Skill 6: Infrastructures of Aesthetic Agency 7: Hundred Mile Aesthetics Part IV 8: By Happy Alchemy of Mind 9: Endless to Dispute 10: Beauty, Naturally Part V 11: Getting Personal 12: Building Better Aesthetic Agents

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The ambitious aim of this book is to offer a completely new, if partial, account of aesthetic value. . . . essential reading for philosophers interested in aesthetic value. * Robert Stecker, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews * [an] elegantly argued book ... This is an excellent addition to the literature on aesthetics * L. Bernhardt, CHOICE *


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Dominic McIver Lopes FRSC is Professor of Philosophy at the University of British Columbia and author of six books and a series of papers that examine the meaning and values of images, technology in the arts, and the nature of art and the arts. His current work looks beyond the arts to understand the human importance of our aesthetic practices.

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