Noël Carroll
Biographic Data
| ID | 3671934 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Noël Carroll |
| GIVEN NAMES | Noël |
| FAMILY NAME | Carroll |
| SIGNATURE | CARROLL N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 65 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 98 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 63 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Erotetic Narration
Both individually and together we have presented a view of a certain form of audience engagement with stories, including, among other things, a certain type of frequent kind of mainstream movie narration. We call that type of narrative erotetic and hypothesize that it engages audiences in processes of explicit but more often tacit questioning. In this journal, Jonathan Frome has criticized our approach on the grounds that it lacks evidence, expla…
Love and Infidelity
Polling shows that Americans believe that infidelity—commonly called “cheating”—is morally wrong. This chapter pursues the question of what—beyond the fact that it typically involves lying—is morally wrong about infidelity in cases that involve partners who are engaged in enduring romantic relationships that are presumed to be exclusive and permanent. The author argues that the most significant moral wrongs in such cases are based on the psycholo…
Two Approaches to Aesthetic Experience
This article examines two approaches to aesthetic experience, especially with respect to the practice of art criticism. The two approaches are (1) aesthetic experience construed as experience necessarily valued for its own sake and (2) aesthetic experience characterized in terms of its content. In this article, the content approach is defended as the one most suitable to the practice of art criticism
The Routledge Companion to the Philosophies of Painting and Sculpture
Forget Taste
“Forget Taste” rejects the classical notion of taste as a viable concept for the exercise of critical evaluation and proposes an alternative approach to critical evaluation based crucially on the idea of the constitutive purpose of the artwork. The goal of this paper is to advance an approach—which I call the purpose-driven approach—to the critical evaluation of artworks that develops from and refines the views of art evaluation presented in my p…
Authority and Freedom
Journal Article Authority and Freedom: A Defense of Art Get access Authority and Freedom: A Defense of Art Jed Perl alfred a. knopf. 2022. pp. 161. £20.00 (hbk) Noël Carroll Noël Carroll The Graduate Centre, The City University of New York, USA [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Aesthetics, ayac070, https://doi.org/10.1093/aesthj/ayac070 Published: 02 August 2023
The Avant-Garde and Creativity
In this article, I discuss the historical imperative for art to create new forms. This imperative has become especially pronounced in the Age of the Avant-Garde. For that reason, I focus on the way in which avant-garde creativity typically proceeds. To that end, I rely on Paul Grice’s theory of communication
I’m Only Kidding
Toward the end of his book Jokes , perhaps the best known philosophical treatment of the subject, Ted Cohen includes a notorious joke about a group of young Black men who are deterred from committing a gang rape by being thrown a basketball. This is a joke that perplexes Cohen and that he admits plays into stereotypes that presuppose the mindless obsession of Black youths with basketball as well as their unbridled sexuality. He agrees that the jo…
Kant's Humorous Writings
Commonly regarded as one of the most serious philosophers of all time (this is a man who took his daily walk at precisely the same time each day), Kant's Humorous Writings explores a dimension of Kant's work that has hitherto been almost entirely ignored but which casts his philosophy into a new light. With entirely new translations of Kant's bon mots, quips, and anecdotes, supplemented by historical commentary and numerous illustrations, this gu…
The Palgrave Handbook of the Philosophy of Film and Motion Pictures
The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Literature
Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Literature
Paradoxes of the Heart
Since its publication 25 years ago – and despite controversy regarding some of its key claims – Noël Carroll’s The Philosophy of Horror: Or, Paradoxes of the Heart (1990) has led a renaissance in horror studies by paying close critical attention to the form and structure of scary movies. The Philosophy of Horror was one of the first academic monographs to attempt a theory of horror with its groundbreaking call for greater attention to negative af…
Béla Balázs
Herbert Bauer, known to the world as Béla Balázs (1894-1949), led the sort of life about which contemporary intellectuals might fantasize. He knew everyone and he did everything. Born in Hungary, he included György Lukács, Karl Mannheim, Arnold Hauser, Béla Bartók, and Zoltán Kodály in his circle, among others. He knew the filmmakers Alexander Korda and Michael Curtiz before their names were Anglicized. He studied with Georg Simmel and met Max We…
Art et aliénation
History and the Philosophy of Art
In this essay I trace the role of history in the philosophy of art from the early twentieth century to the present, beginning with the rejection of history by formalists like Clive Bell. I then attempt to show how the arguments of people like Morris Weitz and Arthur Danto led to a re-appreciation of history by philosophers of art such as Richard Wollheim, Jerrold Levinson, Robert Stecker and others
On the Aesthetic Function of Art
The Aesthetic Function of Art is a work of consummate craftsmanship. Gary Iseminger is an analytic philosopher's philosopher. He proceeds with clarity and precision at every turn. He defines concepts and distinctions with the sharpness that typically dispels ambiguity. His overall argumentative strategy is ingenious, and his arguments, step by step, are transparent and deductively impeccable. The book is like a finely wrought cabinet. Even if one…
Comedy Incarnate
Art and Globalization
In this chapter, the author highlights that it is undeniable that we have entered a new era of globalization both in general and with respect to art. But, on the other hand, with just a little pressure, the notion of globalization in both respects appears to come apart. The concept of globalization, construed as a Hegelian zeitgeist , is not a fruitful way to articulate the change. In Bali, there are traditional artists engaged in reproducing the…
The Philosophy of Motion Pictures (Foundations of the Philosophy of the Arts)
Cunningham, Balanchine, and Postmodern Dance
Ethics and Aesthetics
Journal Article Ethics and Aesthetics: Replies to Dickie, Stecker, and Livingston Get access Noël Carroll Noël Carroll Noël Carroll, Department of Philosophy, Temple University, Anderson Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA Email: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Aesthetics, Volume 46, Issue 1, January 2006, Pages 82–95, https://doi.org/10.1093/aesthj/ayj006 Published:…
Engaging the Moving Image
The Philosophy of Horror
Noel Carroll, film scholar and philosopher, offers the first serious look at the aesthetics of horror. In this book he discusses the nature and narrative structures of the genre, dealing with horror as a "transmedia" phenomenon. A fan and serious student of the horror genre, Carroll brings to bear his comprehensive knowledge of obscure and forgotten works, as well as of the horror masterpieces. Working from a philosophical perspective, he tries t…
Engaging the moving image
Noël Carroll, film philosopher, has gathered in this book 18 of his most recent essays on cinema and television - what Carroll calls 'moving images'. The essays discuss topics in philosophy film theory, and film criticism
The Philosophy of Horror or Paradoxes of the Heart
Noel Carroll, film scholar and philosopher, offers the first serious look at the aesthetics of horror. In this book he discusses the nature and narrative structures of the genre, dealing with horror as a transmedia phenomenon. A fan and serious student of the horror genre, Carroll brings to bear his comprehensive knowledge of obscure and forgotten works, as well as of the horror masterpieces. Working from a philosophical perspective, he tries to …
A note on film metaphor
The Future of Allusion
Mimesis as Make-Beleive
Journal Article Mimesis as Make-Believe Get access Mimesis as Make-Believe: on the Foundations of the Representational Arts. By Kendall L. Walton. (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard UP, 1990. Pp. 450. Price not given.) Noël Carroll Noël Carroll University of Wisconsin at Madison Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 45, Issue 178, January 1995, Pages 93–99, https://doi.org/10.2307/221…
Toward a Theory of Point-of-View Editing
The purpose of this paper is to advance several hypotheses about what is called point-of-view editing in film and television. The first hypothesis is that point-of-view editing succeeds as an instrument of representation due to its exploitation of an innate human tendency to follow glances to their targets. The second hypothesis is that, in large measure, point-of-view editing communicates emotion effectively due to its reliance upon cross-cultur…
Address to the Heathen
History and the Philosophy of Art
In this essay I trace the role of history in the philosophy of art from the early twentieth century to the present, beginning with the rejection of history by formalists like Clive Bell. I then attempt to show how the arguments of people like Morris Weitz and Arthur Danto led to a re-appreciation of history by philosophers of art such as Richard Wollheim, Jerrold Levinson, Robert Stecker and others
Ethics and Aesthetics
Journal Article Ethics and Aesthetics: Replies to Dickie, Stecker, and Livingston Get access Noël Carroll Noël Carroll Noël Carroll, Department of Philosophy, Temple University, Anderson Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA Email: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Aesthetics, Volume 46, Issue 1, January 2006, Pages 82–95, https://doi.org/10.1093/aesthj/ayj006 Published:…
Enjoying Horror Fictions
Journal Article ENJOYING HORROR FICTIONS: A REPLY TO GAUT Get access Noël Carroll Noël Carroll Department of Philosophy, University of Winconsin-MadisonMadison, Wisconsin 53706–1475, USA. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Aesthetics, Volume 35, Issue 1, January 1995, Pages 67–72, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjaesthetics/35.1.67 Published: 01 January 1995
On Kendall Walton's Mimesis as Make-Believe
On the Aesthetic Function of Art
The Aesthetic Function of Art is a work of consummate craftsmanship. Gary Iseminger is an analytic philosopher's philosopher. He proceeds with clarity and precision at every turn. He defines concepts and distinctions with the sharpness that typically dispels ambiguity. His overall argumentative strategy is ingenious, and his arguments, step by step, are transparent and deductively impeccable. The book is like a finely wrought cabinet. Even if one…
Cunningham, Balanchine, and Postmodern Dance
The Descent of Art
Après avoir décrit comment l 'esthétique trouve sa place dans la tradition analytique anglo-saxonne, puis présenté et critiqué les orientations principales de cette tradition de pensée au XXe siècle - depuis l'essentialisme de Clive Bell à celui de Dickie ou de Danto, en passant pas sa remise en cause néo-wittgensteinienne -, l'auteur formule l'hypothèse d'une conception à la fois narrativiste et évolutionniste de la définition de l'art
The End of Art
This article focuses on the arguments that Arthur Danto has advanced for alleging that the developmental history of art is over. The author is skeptical of Danto's conclusion and maintains that Danto has failed to demonstrate that art history is necessarily closed. The author also contends that Danto's end-of-art thesis is better construed as a specimen of art criticism than as an example of the speculative philosophy of art history
The Transfiguration of the Commonplace
Anti-Illusionism in Modern and Postmodern Art
This essay examines various charges of illusionism that have been leveled at traditional forms of representation by proponents of Modernism and Postmodernism. The author finds these charges philosophically groundless and attempts to offer a diagnosis of the motivation and real significance behind these charges
A Reply to Heath
Whether, in fact, the hypothetical cabal of Cavell, Danto, and Carroll has been and continues to be more instrumental than Stephen Heath in the professionalization of contemporary cinema studies is a question I leave to informed readers to answer. Heath, at least, says he regards professionalism as reactionary and responds to the epistemological objections propounded in my Address to the Heathen' by whining that he will not sink to such rank prof…
Amy Taubin
Psychologically, the solo can be seen as the quintessential form of performance. The audience's relationship to the soloist is undivided, gratifying the performer's deepest desires not only to be seen but to be the center of attention. The solo is a means of presenting the self to others, generally in terms of a display of virtuosity designed to elicit the spectator's admiration and awe. Traditionally, the personal, psychological significance of …
Air Dancing
The introduction of non-traditional materials in contemporary art has facilitated the emergence of air dancing—dances that are performed off the floor by means of support systems, such as scaffolding, ropes, rubber cords, wires, or a combination of these materials. This article is not intended as a historical survey of air dancing. Rather, it represents a theoretical speculation on the esthetic options afforded by air dancing. For this purpose, I…
Organic Analysis
The number of methodological options available to the contemporary critic of any art is quite intimidating: Marxism, Psychoanalysis, Feminism, Structuralism, Hermeneutics, Phenomenology, etc. Of course, the situation is even more complicated than this list suggests because on the one hand, each of these headings can be subdivided into more specific, often warring, camps, while on the other hand, some of these headings can be conjoined by hyphens,…
The Mystery Plays of Michael Kirby
As a sculptor, photographer, playwright and director, Michael Kirby has been and is still an articulate proponent of the interanimation of the arts. As a practitioner as well as a theoretician of several arts, he has made and defended work that not only mixes media but also transposes forms and preoccupations of one art to others. Kirby’s commitment to the lively cross-fertilization of the arts partially accounts for the rise of Structuralist The…
Amy Taubin
Psychologically, the solo can be seen as the quintessential form of performance. The audience's relationship to the soloist is undivided, gratifying the performer's deepest desires not only to be seen but to be the center of attention. The solo is a means of presenting the self to others, generally in terms of a display of virtuosity designed to elicit the spectator's admiration and awe. Traditionally, the personal, psychological significance of …
Working and Dancing
Professor Beardsley's paper is distinguished by his customary clarity. Many of the distinctions he draws will undoubtedly be useful not only for dance theoreticians, but for dance critics as well. Nevertheless, the way that these distinctions are placed in the service of a putative characterization of what constitutes a dance “moving” seems to us problematic. This brief note will be devoted to exploring the adequacy of Professor Beardsley's propo…
Address to the Heathen
The Future of Allusion
A Reply to Heath
Whether, in fact, the hypothetical cabal of Cavell, Danto, and Carroll has been and continues to be more instrumental than Stephen Heath in the professionalization of contemporary cinema studies is a question I leave to informed readers to answer. Heath, at least, says he regards professionalism as reactionary and responds to the epistemological objections propounded in my Address to the Heathen' by whining that he will not sink to such rank prof…
A Select View of Earthlings
Can Government Funding of the Arts Be Justified Theoretically?
The question addressed in this article-Can government art support be justified theoretically?-might elicit an abrupt response: Perhaps not, but so what, that is, why should it require a theoretical justification? If, in a democracy, the citizens favor public arts funding, then public arts is what we should have. But the suspicion is abroad that the citizenry does not favor the use of public money for arts funding. The likelihood that Americans ma…
Conspiracy Theories of Representation
Anti-Illusionism in Modern and Postmodern Art
This essay examines various charges of illusionism that have been leveled at traditional forms of representation by proponents of Modernism and Postmodernism. The author finds these charges philosophically groundless and attempts to offer a diagnosis of the motivation and real significance behind these charges
Time, Narrative, and History
The philosophy of horror, or, Paradoxes of the heart
For decades, the horror genre has been a major popular entertainment and has dominated the publishing and film industries. Yet there exists no philosophical examination of the genre - the time for its aesthetic analysis is ripe. Noel Carroll, film scholar and philosopher, offers the first serious look at the aesthetics of horror. In this book he discusses the nature and narrative structures of the genre, dealing with horror as a "transmedia" phen…
The Transfiguration of the Commonplace
Notes on the Sight Gag
Philosophical Problems of Classical Film Theory
Mystifying Movies
Philosophy and Science in the Middle Ages
Journal Article Book Notes Get access Philosophy and Science in the Middle Ages, ed. G. Fleistad (J.J.H.); The Sophismata of Richard Kilvington, ed. Norman Kretzmann and Barbara Ensign Kretzmann (S.L.R.); Paraconsistent Logic: Essays on the Inconsistent, ed. Graham Priest, Richard Sylvan and Jean Norman (S.L.R.); Peter Geach: Philosophical Encounters, ed. Harry A. Lewis (J.J.H.); Miscellaneous Writings, John Stuart Mill (J.M.S.); Freedom, Tim Gra…
The Philosophy of Horror or Paradoxes of the Heart
Journal Article Book Notes Get access The Philosophy of Horror or Paradoxes of the Heart. By Noel Carroll. (New York and London: Routledge, 1990. Pp. xi + 256. Price £9.99 p/b.) B. G B. G Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 41, Issue 165, October 1991, Page 519, https://doi.org/10.2307/2220100 Published: 01 October 1991
On Kendall Walton's Mimesis as Make-Believe
The Philosophy of Horror or Paradoxes of the Heart
Noel Carroll, film scholar and philosopher, offers the first serious look at the aesthetics of horror. In this book he discusses the nature and narrative structures of the genre, dealing with horror as a transmedia phenomenon. A fan and serious student of the horror genre, Carroll brings to bear his comprehensive knowledge of obscure and forgotten works, as well as of the horror masterpieces. Working from a philosophical perspective, he tries to …
The Philosophy of Horror, or Paradoxes of the Heart
Founded in 1974, the Canadian Journal of Communication (CJC) aims to publish Canadian research and scholarship in the field of communication studies. The purview of the journal is the entire field of communication studies as practiced in Canada or with relevance to Canada
Theatre, dance, and theory
The Philosophy of Horror, or Paradoxes of the Heart
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