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THE ROUTLEDGE COMPANION TO AESTHETICS The third edition of the acclaimed Routledge Companion to Aesthetics contains over sixtychapterswrittenbyleadinginternationalscholarscoveringallaspectsofaesthetics. This Companion opens with a historical overview of aesthetics, including entries on Plato, Aristotle, Kant, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Adorno, Benjamin, Foucault, Goodman and Wollheim. The second part covers the central concepts and theories of aesthetics, including definitions of art, taste, the value of art, beauty, imagination, fiction, narrative, metaphor and pictorial representation. Part III is devoted to issues and challanges in aesthetics, including art and ethics, art and religion, creativity, environmentalaestheticsandfeministaesthetics.Thefinalpartaddressestheindividual arts, including music, photography, film, videogames, literature, theater, dance, archi- tectureanddesign. With ten new entries, and revisions and updated suggestions for further reading throughout, The Routledge Companion to Aesthetics is essential for anyone interested in aesthetics, art, literature and visual studies. Berys Gaut is Professor of Philosophy at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, and President of the British Society of Aesthetics. He is the author of Art, Emotion and Ethics and A Philosophy of Cinematic Art, and coauthor, with Morag Gaut, of Philosophy for Young Children: A Practical Guide (Routledge, 2011). Dominic McIver Lopes is Distinguished University Scholar and Professor of Philosophy at the University of British Columbia, Canada, and President of the American Society of Aesthetics. He is the author of Understanding Pictures, Sight andSensibility: EvaluatingPictures,A PhilosophyofComputer Art(Routledge, 2009) and Beyond Art. ROUTLEDGE PHILOSOPHY COMPANIONS RoutledgePhilosophyCompanionsofferthorough,high-qualitysurveysandassessments of the major topics and periods in philosophy. Covering key problems, themes and thinkers, all entries are specially commissioned for each volume and written by leading scholars in the field. Clear, accessible and carefully edited and organized, Routledge Philosophy Companions are indispensable for anyone coming to a major topic or period in philosophy, as well as for the more advanced reader. 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Paasch and Richard Cross The Routledge Companion to Hermeneutics Edited by Jeff Malpas and Hans-Helmuth Gander PRAISE FOR THE SERIES The Routledge Companion to Aesthetics “This is an immensely useful book that belongs in every college library and on the bookshelves of all serious students of aesthetics.” – Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism “Thesuccinctnessandclarityoftheessayswillmakethisasourcethatindividualsnot familiarwithaestheticswillfindextremelyhelpful.” –ThePhilosophicalQuarterly “An outstanding resource in aesthetics … this text will not only serve as a handy referencesourcefor students andfacultyalike, but itcould also be used as atext for a course in the philosophy of art.” – Australasian Journal of Philosophy “Attests to the richness of modern aesthetics … the essays in central topics – many of which are written by well-known figures – succeed in being informative, balanced and intelligent without being too difficult.” – British Journal of Aesthetics “This handsome reference volume … belongs in every library.” – CHOICE “The Routledge Companions to Philosophy have proved to be a useful series of high- quality surveys of major philosophical topics and this volume is worthy enough to sit with the others on a reference library shelf.” – Philosophy and Religion The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Religion “ …a very valuable resource for libraries and serious scholars. ” – CHOICE “The work is sure to be an academic standard for years to come … I shall heartily recommend The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Religion to my students and colleagues and hope that libraries around the country add it to their collections.” – Philosophia Christi The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Science A CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2008 “With a distinguished list of internationally renowned contributors, an excellent choice of topics in the field, and well-written, well-edited essays throughout, this compendium is an excellent resource. Highly recommended.” – CHOICE “Highly recommended for history of science and philosophy collections.” – Library Journal “This well-conceived companion, which brings together an impressive collection of distinguished authors, will be invaluable to novices and experienced readers alike.” – Metascience The Routledge Companion to Twentieth Century Philosophy “To describethis volume as ambitious wouldbea serious understatement. …full of scholarlyrigor,includingdetailednotesandbibliographiesofinteresttoprofessional philosophers. … Summing up: Essential.” – CHOICE The Routledge Companion to Philosophy and Film “A fascinating, rich volume offering dazzling insights and incisive commentary on every page … Every serious student of film will want this book … Summing Up: Highly recommended.” – CHOICE The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Psychology “Thisworkshouldserveasthestandardreferenceforthoseinterestedingainingareliable overviewoftheburgeoningfieldofphilosophicalpsychology.SummingUp:Essential.” – CHOICE The Routledge Companion to Metaphysics “TheRoutledgePhilosophyCompanions series hasadeservedreputation forimpressive scope and scholarly value. This volume is no exception … Summing Up: Highly recommended.” – CHOICE The Routledge Companion to Nineteenth Century Philosophy A CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2010 “This is a crucial resourcefor advanced undergraduates and faculty of any discipline who are interested in the 19th-century roots of contemporary philosophical problems. Summing Up: Essential.” – CHOICE The Routledge Companion to Ethics “This fine collection merits a place in every university, college, and high school library for its invaluable articles covering a very broad range of topics in ethics … With its remarkable clarity of writing and its very highly qualified contributors, this volume is must reading for anyone interested in the latest developments in these important areas of thought and practice. 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Summing Up: Essential.” – CHOICE THE ROUTLEDGE COMPANION TO AESTHETICS Third Edition Edited by Berys Gaut and Dominic McIver Lopes Firstpublished2000 byRoutledge Secondeditionpublished2005 byRoutledge Thiseditionpublished2013 byRoutledge 2ParkSquare,MiltonPark,Abingdon,Oxon,OX144RN SimultaneouslypublishedintheUSAandCanada byRoutledge 711ThirdAve.,NewYorkCity,NY.10017 RoutledgeisanimprintoftheTaylor&FrancisGroup,aninformabusiness ©2000,2005,2013BerysGautandDominicMcIverLopes,editorialandselection matter;individualchapters,thecontributors Therightoftheeditorstobeidentifiedastheauthoroftheeditorialmaterial,andof theauthorsfortheirindividualchapters,hasbeenassertedinaccordancewith sections77and78oftheCopyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988. Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereprintedorreproducedorutilised inanyformorbyanyelectronic,mechanical,orothermeans,nowknownor hereafterinvented,includingphotocopyingandrecording,orinanyinformation storageorretrievalsystem,withoutpermissioninwritingfromthepublishers. Trademarknotice:Productorcorporatenamesmaybetrademarksorregistered trademarks,andareusedonlyforidentificationandexplanationwithoutintent toinfringe. BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationData AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary LibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationData TheRoutledgecompaniontoaesthetics/editedbyBerysGautand DominicMcIverLopes.–ThirdEdition. pagescm.–(Routledgephilosophycompanions) Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. 1.Aesthetics.I.Gaut,BerysNigel.II.Lopes,Dominic. BH39.R6772013 111’.85–dc23 2012041826 ISBN:978-0-415-78286-9(hbk) ISBN:978-0-415-78287-6(pbk) ISBN:978-0-203-81303-4(ebk) TypesetinGoudy byTaylor&FrancisBooks CONTENTS Notes on contributors xiii Preface xx PART I History of aesthetics 1 1 Plato 3 CHRISTOPHER JANAWAY 2 Aristotle 13 NICKOLAS PAPPAS 3 Medieval aesthetics 25 JOHN HALDANE 4 Empiricism: Hutcheson and Hume 36 JAMES SHELLEY 5 Kant 46 DONALD W. CRAWFORD 6 Hegel 56 MICHAEL INWOOD 7 Idealism: Schopenhauer, Schiller and Schelling 66 DALE JACQUETTE 8 Nietzsche 77 RUBEN BERRIOS AND AARON RIDLEY 9 Formalism 87 NOËL CARROLL 10 Pragmatism 96 RICHARD SHUSTERMAN 11 Expressivism: Croce and Collingwood 106 GORDON GRAHAM 12 Heidegger 116 THOMAS E. WARTENBERG ix

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