Sircello New Theory of Beauty

1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4008-7238-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 152 Seiten

Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library

Ever since the eighteenth century, when Kant opened the floodgates of subjectivism in aesthetics, common men and philosophers alike have despaired of finding a basis for judgments about beauty. This book provides a comprehensive theory that encompasses beauty in art and nature, as well as intellectual, utilitarian, and moral beauty.

The author argues that the beauty of objects can be reduced to the beauty of properties of those objects, which in turn can be understood in terms of "properties of qualitative degree." The theory, developed first with respect to color, is then extended to include all sensory and non-sensory qualities. The author shows how the theory explicates and resolves disagreements about what is beautiful and discusses its relevance to the traditional notions of harmony and sublimity. His is an objectivist theory of beauty, and it enables him, in conclusion, to demonstrate why we enjoy perceiving beauty.

Originally published in 1975.

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Sircello, Guy

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ästhetik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Frontmatter, pg. i
Table of Contents, pg. v
Acknowledgments, pg. vii
1. Beauty and the Twentieth Century, pg. 1
2. Skepticism with Regard to Beauty, pg. 4
3. Beautiful "Objects", pg. 6
4. "Beautiful Properties", pg. 7
5. The Job of a Theory of Beauty, pg. 11
6. Experiences of Beauty, pg. 19
7. Vividness and the Beauty of Color, pg. 21
8. The Relativity of Vividness, pg. 24
9. The Multiplicity of Colors, pg. 29
10. Vividness and the Context of Color, pg. 32
11. Vividness and Appearance, pg. 34
12. Other Beauties of Color, pg. 36
13. Properties of Qualitative Degree, pg. 39
14. The New Theory of Beauty Stated, pg. 42
15. The Argument Strategy, pg. 43
16. Beauty and the Looks of Things, pg. 45
17. TheRelativity of Looks, pg. 48
18. Other Varieties of Visual Beauty and Other Varieties of Relativity, pg. 52
19. Beauty of Sound, pg. 58
20. Beauties of Taste, Smell, and Touch, pg. 60
21. Qualifications jor Judging Beauty, pg. 66
22. Intellectual Beauty, pg. 71
23. Beauty and Utility, pg. 73
24. Beauty and Goodness, pg. 76
25. The Problem of Moral Beauty, pg. 81
26. A Defense of Moral Beauty, pg. 85
27. Beauty and the Emotions, pg. 94
28. Sublimity, pg. 97
29. Harmony and Beauty, pg. 101
30. The "Flowers of Evil" Phenomenon, pg. 107
31. Disagreements about Beauty, pg. 110
32. The Limited Use of i "Beautiful", pg. 117
33. The Objectivity of Beauty, pg. 121
34. The Problem of the Enjoyment of Beauty, pg. 126
35. An Explanation of the Enjoyment of Beauty, pg. 129
36. Surpassing Clarity, pg. 135
Index, pg. 139