Aesthetics av Michel-Antoine Xhignesse

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<P><EM>Aesthetics: 50 Puzzles, Paradoxes, and Thought Experiments</EM> is a teaching-focused resource, which highlights the contributions that imaginative scenarios¿paradoxes, puzzles, and thought experiments alike¿have made to the development of contemporary analytic aesthetics. The book is divided into sections pertaining to art-making, ontology, aesthetic judgements, appreciation and interpretation, and ethics and value, and offers an accessible summary of ten debates falling under each section. </P><P></P><P>Each entry also features a detailed annotated bibliography, making it an ideal companion for courses surveying a broad collection of topics and readings in aesthetics.</P><P> </P><B><P>Key Features:</P><UL></B><P><LI>Uses a problem-centered approach to aesthetics (rather than author- or theory-centered) making the text more inviting to first-time students of the subject</LI><P></P><P><LI>Offers stand-alone chapters, allowing students to quickly understand an issue and giving in