Arguing About Art is an anthology which covers twelve topics or debates in the philosophy of art. Each chapter contains two or more articles on the topic, preceded by a short introduction to the topic and followed by a select bibliography. The book is ideal for engaging students in the controversies and puzzles that make the field of aesthetics so interesting. Some of the topics have only recently emerged (such as colorizing movies, or feminist aesthetics); others have been debated for centuries (such as the pleasures of tragedy or the relationship of art and truth). A wide range of art forms (music, photography, fiction, etc.) are covered, as is the topic of appreciating nature. While the book has ample material to stand-alone, its low price makes it attractive as a supplement to most anthologies that take an historical approach to aesthetics (such as Neill &amp; Ridley's The Philosophy of Art). The two books combined allow for a course that balances the historical approach with a problems-based or topical approach to the philosophy of art.

Arguing about Art: Topics In Contemporary Philosophical Debates

Politics & Social Sciences

Ridley, Aaron

Neill, Alex

Philosophy

Mcgraw-Hill College

This anthology is intended as a core text for courses in aesthetics or philosophy of art. It contains a wealth of readings from both classic and contemporary sources, and aims to present substantial selections from those texts rather than mere "snippets." Readings are organized historically within four broad themes so that students can see how concepts of art have evolved and been debated. Each reading is introduced by the authors, who suggest connections between the reading and others in the anthology. Unlike other anthologies on the market, The Philosophy of Art is both comprehensive and affordable, making it the ideal book for course use.

The Philosophy of Art: Readings Ancient and Modern

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

These essays, half of them appearing here for the first time, address issues concerning the two key singularities that Kant identified in aesthetics: artistic creativity and aesthetic judgement. Ranging from Kant himself to contemporary debates, from song to conceptual art, from ethics to atheism, from function to failure, Aaron Ridley explores the ways in which the one-off character of creativity and judgement may defy our ordinary expectations of what an explanation should be like. Intended equally for specialists and students, this collection offers a distinctive approach to aesthetics that will be of interest to any reader concerned with philosophical reflection upon the arts.

Singularities: Essays in Aesthetics

Oxford University Press

Nietzsche is often held to be a sceptic about human agency, keen to debunk it along every dimension. Rather than dismissing notions of autonomy and morality, The Deed is Everything presents a new and engaging interpretation of Nietzsche as being committed to an 'expressivist' conception of agency. Ridley argues that, contrary to debunking the existence of agents or selves, Nietzsche develops highly distinctive accounts of freedom, morality, and selfhood. The text revisits a variety of central Nietzschean themes - including self-creation, the sovereign individual, will to power, Kantian and Christian morality, and amor fati - often to unexpected effect. The Nietzsche who emerges from this analysis has a clear conception of human agency and a robust commitment to the value of human excellence in all of its forms. This comprehensive study of Nietzsche and expressive action is important reading for all Nietzsche scholars and philosophers of agency.

The Deed is Everything: Nietzsche on Will and Action

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Beginning Bioethics: A Text with Integrated Readings

Religion & Spirituality

Bedford/St.Martin's

Beginning Bioethics: A Text with Integrated Readings gives students an introduction to the language of philosophical ethics before leading them through six major issues in bioethics. The bioethics section not only includes Ridley’s clear explanations of all sides of a given issue, but also his analysis of a major, previously published article on that issue. It was written to accompany the third edition of Cases in Bioethics.

Nietzsche is one of the most important modern philosophers and his writings on the nature of art are amongst the most influential of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This GuideBook introduces and assesses: <ul>
<li>Nietzsche's life and the background to his writings on art </li> <li>the ideas and texts of his works which contribute to art, including The Birth of Tragedy, Human, All Too Human and Thus Spoke Zarathustra </li> <li>Nietzsche's continuing importance to philosophy and contemporary thought.</li>
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This GuideBook will be essential reading for all students coming to Nietzsche for the first time.

Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Nietzsche on Art and Literature (Routledge Philosophy Guidebooks)

Literature & Fiction

Routledge

The Philosophy of Music: Theme and Variations

New and distinctive approaches to five central topics in musical aesthetics are provided in this outstanding book. The topics are: understanding, representation, expression, performance and profundity. The theme of the book is the failure of the orthodox view - that pieces of music are more or less self-contained structures of sound - to account for some important features of our musical experience, and to explain why music should matter to us.In exposing and correcting that failure, the book introduces readers to the main problems and positions in the philosophy of music, proposes fresh solutions to those problems, and offers innovative approaches to the philosophy of song, to musical ontology, and to questions about the value of music. Each chapter is built around a single musical work, which provides a focus for the reader.

Music

Edinburgh University Press

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Arguing about Art: Topics In Contemporary Philosophical Debates

The Philosophy of Art: Readings Ancient and Modern

Singularities: Essays in Aesthetics

The Deed is Everything: Nietzsche on Will and Action

Beginning Bioethics: A Text with Integrated Readings

Beginning Bioethics: A Text with Integrated Readings

Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Nietzsche on Art and Literature (Routledge Philosophy Guidebooks)

Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Nietzsche on Art and Literature (Routledge Philosophy Guidebooks)

The Philosophy of Music: Theme and Variations

The Philosophy of Music: Theme and Variations