| George
Dickie has been one of the most innovative, influential, and controversial
philosophers of art working in the analytical tradition in the past
twenty-five years. Dickie's arguments against the various theories
of aesthetic attitude, aesthetic perception, and aesthetic experience
virtually brought classical theories of the aesthetic to a halt. His
institutional theory of art was perhaps the most discussed proposal
in aesthetics during the 1970s and 1980s, inspiring both supporters
who produced variations on the theory as well as passionate detractors
who thought the theory thoroughly wrongheaded. Dickie has also written
widely on the history of aesthetics, and his work ranks among the
best examples of analytic aesthetics.
The philosophy of George Dickie continues to provoke
reaction and reflection. The essays in this collection pay homage
not only to Dickie's ideas but also to his influence. A brief biography
of George Dickie and a bibliography of his works complete the volume.
Contents
Reconsidering
the Institutional Theory
Identifying
Art Noel
Carroll
Perceptually
Indistinguishable Objects Jeffrey
Wieand
Valuing
the Artworld Susan
Feagin
Reconsidering
the Evaluation of Art
On
the Need to Distinguish Between Aesthetic and Artistic Evaluations
of Art Bohdan
Dziemidok
Evaluating
Art: A Feminist Case for Dickie's Matrix System Peggy
Zeglin Brand
Evaluating
More Than Art Marcia
Muelder Eaton
Reconsidering
the History of Aesthetics
From
Literature as Imagination to Literature as Memory: A Historical
Sketch Peter Kivy
Partial
Enchantments of the Quixote Story in Hume's Essay on Taste Ted
Cohen
Kant
on Aesthetic Ideas and Beauty Robert J. Yanal
George
Dickie: A Biography and Bibliography |
