Philosophy: aesthetics books

In Roman Ingarden’s Philosophy of Literature Wojciech Chojna makes Ingarden’s philosophy of literature more consistent...  Read More >>

In Literature and Truth Richard Lansdown examines the relation of literature to truth by tracing the presence of...  Read More >>

Presents strikingly original and contemporary answers to the most traditional philosophical problems in epistemology,...  Read More >>

In recent years, bioaesthetics has used the latest discoveries in evolutionary studies and neuroscience to provide...  Read More >>

In recent years, bioaesthetics has used the latest discoveries in evolutionary studies and neuroscience to provide...  Read More >>

Focusing on Islamic geometric architectural drawings, it draws on key philosophical and conceptual notions of imagination...  Read More >>

Focusing on three secular, institutional building types: libraries, museums and cinemas, this book explores the...  Read More >>

Focusing on matter as the premise of an architect’s imagination, each chapter identifies and graphically illustrates...  Read More >>

Bringing together essays and interviews from leading scholars, this volume investigates and critically addresses...  Read More >>

The antihero prevails in recent American drama television series. Characters such as mobster kingpin Tony Soprano...  Read More >>

Imagination and the Imaginary is essential reading for students and scholars working in phenomenology, philosophy...  Read More >>

Tinguely argues that the significance of Kant’s aesthetics lies in its implicit account of intentionality. His investigations...  Read More >>

Beauty today is a paradox. The cult of beauty is ubiquitous but it has lost its transcendence and become little...  Read More >>

From mobile phones to consoles, tablets and PCs, we are now a generation of gamers. The PlayStation Dreamworld is...  Read More >>

Beauty today is a paradox. The cult of beauty is ubiquitous but it has lost its transcendence and become little...  Read More >>

From mobile phones to consoles, tablets and PCs, we are now a generation of gamers. The PlayStation Dreamworld is...  Read More >>

What do present generations owe the future? Motivated by the contemporary political and theoretical landscape, Markovits...  Read More >>

Expectation is a collection of critical texts on literature written between 1977 and 2012 and now made available...  Read More >>

This book provides an introduction into the subject of aesthetics and the problems associated with it. It emphasizes...  Read More >>

This book develops a theory of picture perception and aesthetic response, arguing that images can generate in us...  Read More >>

First published in 1933. The purpose of this work was to bridge a gap in English philosophical literature by completing...  Read More >>

First published in 1953. This title provides an exposition and discussion on Hippolyte Taine (1828-1893), the leader...  Read More >>

What do present generations owe the future? Motivated by the contemporary political and theoretical landscape, Markovits...  Read More >>

First published in 1970. What is a work of art? What is the status of things in pictures and books? How are we to...  Read More >>

First published in 1991. By means of over sixty alphabetically ordered essays, the author offers a map of aesthetics,...  Read More >>