Functional Beauty
Awards:   Winner of American Society for Aesthetics Outstanding Monograph Award 2009. Winner of Winner of the American Society for Aesthetics Prize 2009.
Author:   Glenn Parsons (Ryerson University, Canada) ,  Allen Carlson (University of Alberta)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780199659319


Pages:   270
Publication Date:   06 September 2012
Format:   Paperback
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Awards

  • Winner of American Society for Aesthetics Outstanding Monograph Award 2009.
  • Winner of Winner of the American Society for Aesthetics Prize 2009.

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Author:   Glenn Parsons (Ryerson University, Canada) ,  Allen Carlson (University of Alberta)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.10cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.320kg
ISBN:  

9780199659319


ISBN 10:   0199659311
Pages:   270
Publication Date:   06 September 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1: Functional Beauty in the Aesthetic Tradition 2: Functional Beauty in Contemporary Aesthetic Theory 3: Indeterminacy and the Concept of Function 4: Function and Form 5: Nature and Environment 6: Architecture and the Built Environment 7: Artefacts and Everyday Aesthetics 8: The Functions of Art 9: Conclusion

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a clear-headed, smart, vigorous defence of a new and very important theoretical position in philosophical aesthetics ... This book is a landmark study of an important subject and the one that anyone interested in the way in which aesthetic judgments are made - whether in art, in nature, or in everyday life - should read. * Environmental Values * Review from previous edition a highly original contribution to a neglected topic in aesthetics ... essential reading for anyone who wishes to think about this topic. * The Philosophical Quarterly *


Review from previous edition a highly original contribution to a neglected topic in aesthetics ... essential reading for anyone who wishes to think about this topic. The Philosophical Quarterly a clear-headed, smart, vigorous defence of a new and very important theoretical position in philosophical aesthetics ... This book is a landmark study of an important subject and the one that anyone interested in the way in which aesthetic judgments are made - whether in art, in nature, or in everyday life - should read. Environmental Values


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Glenn Parsons is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Ryerson University, Toronto. Allen Carlson is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Alberta.

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