Tag: "aesthetics"

On Beauty and Being Just by Elaine Scarry

Peter Benson applauds a beautiful book on beauty by Elaine Scarry.
[Issue 44: January/February 2004: Books]

Richard Wollheim (1923-2003)

by Lisa Sangoi
[Issue 44: January/February 2004: Obituary]

Art and Knowledge by James O. Young

Bob Sharpe takes issue with James Young’s theory about art.
[Issue 44: January/February 2004: Books]

Art & Science Reconciled

Nikolaos Gkogkas on the aesthetics of Nelson Goodman.
[Issue 43: October/November 2003: American Pragmatism]

Judging Saddam’s Pictures

Stuart Greenstreet on how to justify your taste in art.
[Issue 42: July/August 2003: Articles]

Kripke, Duchamp & the Standard Metre

Stuart Greenstreet isn’t quite sure how long a metre is. Are you?
[Issue 41: May/June 2003: Articles]

If Life is Finite, Why am I Watching this Damn Game?

Kenneth Shouler discusses the aesthetics of sports and the nature of choices.
[Issue 41: May/June 2003: Philosophy and Sport]

Eat Art, Busch-Reisinger Museum Harvard University

Anna Winestein loathed the Eat Art exhibition at Harvard.
[Issue 36: June/July 2002: Exhibitions]

Can Philosophy Rescue the Art World?

When you cut up a work of art, do you destroy it or create lots of smaller works of art? Michael Philips investigates.
[Issue 35: March/April 2002: Articles]

What dark secrets can vampires reveal to us about German Romanticism? Behind the rows of screaming teenagers sits Scott O’Reilly, with a bag of popcorn and the collected works of Friedrich Schelling.
[Issue 35: March/April 2002: Films]

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