On the Aesthetic Function of Art
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4833921 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nicola Carroll (0000-0001-8344-1220, Temple University, corresponding author), Noël Carroll |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue | 233 |
| Pages | 732-740 |
| Publication date | 2008-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Philosophical Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8094 • E-ISSN: 1467-9213 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9213.2008.526.x |
| OpenAlex | W2003311689 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
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 does not concur with Iseminger's ultimate conclusion, an updated version of the aesthetic definition of art which he calls ‘the new aestheticism’, the book will be instructive, since many of the innovative moves, distinctions and clarifications that Iseminger constructs along the way will be useful to philosophers of different and even opposed camps. The easiest way to situate this book is to classify it, as I have, as an example of the aesthetic theory of art. Indeed, it is probably the most sophisticated and best defended version of the aesthetic theory of art to date. But Iseminger's book is more than merely a simple variation on the aesthetic theory of art, since he not only follows in the spirit of traditional aesthetic theories of art, but also exploits the insights of certain institutional theories of art and historical approaches to it
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |