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Conversations on Art and Aesthetics Conversations on Art and Aesthetics Hans Maes 1 3 GreatClarendonStreet,Oxford,OX26DP, UnitedKingdom OxfordUniversityPressisadepartmentoftheUniversityofOxford. ItfurtherstheUniversity’sobjectiveofexcellenceinresearch,scholarship, andeducationbypublishingworldwide.Oxfordisaregisteredtrademarkof OxfordUniversityPressintheUKandincertainothercountries ©HansMaes;portraits©StevePykeand(Ch.9)ClaireAnscomb2017 Themoralrightsoftheauthorhavebeenasserted FirstEditionpublishedin2017 Impression:1 Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedin aretrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans,withoutthe priorpermissioninwritingofOxfordUniversityPress,orasexpresslypermitted bylaw,bylicenceorundertermsagreedwiththeappropriatereprographics rightsorganization.Enquiriesconcerningreproductionoutsidethescopeofthe aboveshouldbesenttotheRightsDepartment,OxfordUniversityPress,atthe addressabove Youmustnotcirculatethisworkinanyotherform andyoumustimposethissameconditiononanyacquirer PublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyOxfordUniversityPress 198MadisonAvenue,NewYork,NY10016,UnitedStatesofAmerica BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationData Dataavailable LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2016962489 ISBN 978–0–19–968610–0 PrintedinGreatBritainby ClaysLtd,StIvesplc LinkstothirdpartywebsitesareprovidedbyOxfordingoodfaithand forinformationonly.Oxforddisclaimsanyresponsibilityforthematerials containedinanythirdpartywebsitereferencedinthiswork. For Katrien and Ingmar Contents Acknowledgements ix Foreword:LivesoftheAestheticians xi MurraySmith Introduction 1 1. AestheticExperienceandArtisticValue 15 AconversationwithJerroldLevinson 2. TheCommonplaceRaisedtoaHigherPower 49 AconversationwithArthurC.Danto 3. InsideOut:Portraits,Art,Science 83 AconversationwithCynthiaFreeland 4. TheTasty,theDisgusting,andtheGenuine 113 AconversationwithCarolynKorsmeyer 5. TheEmotionsinArt 145 AconversationwithJeneferRobinson 6. SharingaHomeintheWorld 179 AconversationwithRogerScruton 7. StoriesandWhatThey(Don’t)TeachUs 205 AconversationwithGregoryCurrie 8. CriticalEncounterswiththePast 229 AconversationwithPaulGuyer 9. ArtPractice,ArtCriticism,andPhilosophyofArt 257 AconversationwithNoëlCarroll 10. AestheticsandTheoryConstruction 287 AconversationwithKendallWalton Index 310 Acknowledgements I would like to express my profound gratitude to all those who have helpedmeintheprocessofwritingthisbook.Myeditor,PeterMomtchiloff, hasbeensupportivefromthestartandpatientuntiltheendandIwantto thank him for taking up the idea of this volume in the first place. Diarmuid Costello, Stacie Friend, Matthew Kieran, Dominic Lopes, Alex Voorhoeve offered guidance and encouragement early on in the project, while the following people have given me advice in preparing individualchapters:RafaeldeClercq,KerenGodoreisky,AndrewKania, PaisleyLivingston,JenniferMcMahon,TedNannicelli,MichaelNewall, andRachelZuckert.Thisbookwouldbefarpoorerwereitnotfortheir manyhelpfulsuggestions. Onamorepracticallevel,IamindebtedtotheAmericanSocietyfor AestheticsandBritishSocietyofAesthetics,forofferingtravelgrantsto allowmetocompletethisproject,andtotheAestheticsResearchCentre attheUniversityofKent,forhostingseveralofthephilosopherswhoare inthisvolume.ClaireAnscombwentoutofherwaytomakeabeautiful portrait of Noël Carroll, Irene Beazar helped me with some of the logistics, and Angelo Cioffi did a great job putting together the index. HeartfeltthanksarealsoduetoStevePyke,whosebrilliantphotographs add a whole new dimension to this volume. I had already been an admirerofhisworkformanyyears,butitreallydawnedonmethathe wouldbetheidealpartnerforthisprojectwhenIheardhimsaythisinan interview: Peopletalkabouttakingpictures.It’sawordInevereverusebecause‘taken’is thewrongadjective.Ifit’sanything,it’sgiving.Youknow,you’regivingpictures. It’sacollaboration,it’slikeaconversation...it’sgoingbackwardsandforwards, we’rebothlearningdifferentthingsabouteachotherbutalsoaboutwhatitisthat wedo.It’sallaboutexchange. Beingabletohavelongconversationswithdelightfullysmartphilosophers was both great fun and hugely instructive. I consider myself very privileged indeed to have had this opportunity and I wish to thank themallfortakingtimeoutoftheirbusyschedulestomakeithappen.
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