The Future of Aesthetics: The 1996 Ryle Lectures

Forsideomslag
University of Toronto Press, 1. jan. 1998 - 173 sider
Addressing the nature and prospects of aesthetics as a discipline, Sparshott discusses beauty, taste, and the place of imagination, fiction, and fine art in societies. He investigates the place of the discipline in the broad social structures provided by universities and civilizations, and tackles many perennially interesting questions about education and the life of the mind.
 

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Aesthetics and the Future of Philosophy
3
Philosophy and the Future of the University
17
The University and the Future of Civilization
43
Civilization and the Future of Aesthetics
68
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Om forfatteren (1998)

FRANCIS SPARSHOTT is University Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto.

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