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The first volume dedicated to topics in aesthetics and epistemology
Original contributions by well-known philosophers of art and epistemologists
Written in jargon-free prose, accessible to non-specialists
Part of the book series: Philosophical Studies Series (PSSP, volume 107)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
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 recent work at the intersection of aesthetics and epistemology. Specific topics addressed include the objectivity of critical knowledge, the quality of critical testimony, the roles of principles and perception in critical reasoning, phenomenal knowledge of what a work of art is like, the acquisition of factual information and psychological understanding from fictions, and the limits of images as sources of historical evidence. In addressing these topics, the volume also explores the challenges that art poses for theories of knowledge as well as the challenges that artistic knowledge poses to traditional views about art.
Reviews
Sixto J. Castro in Estudios Filosóficos 164, 2008 (translated from Spanish)
Editors and Affiliations
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University of Leeds, UK
Matthew Kieran
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University of British Columbia, Canada
Dominic McIver Lopes
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Knowing Art
Book Subtitle: Essays in Aesthetics and Epistemology
Editors: Matthew Kieran, Dominic McIver Lopes
Series Title: Philosophical Studies Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5265-1
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-5264-4Published: 27 October 2006
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-6785-3Published: 25 October 2007
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-5265-1Published: 20 October 2007
Series ISSN: 0921-8599
Series E-ISSN: 2542-8349
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 167
Topics: Aesthetics, Epistemology, Ethics, Arts