1st Edition
Art and Ethics in a Material World Kant’s Pragmatist Legacy
By Jennifer McMahon
Copyright 2014
234 Pages
18 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
250 Pages
by
Routledge
250 Pages
by
Routledge
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In this book, McMahon argues that a reading of Kant’s body of work in the light of a pragmatist theory of meaning and language (which arguably is a Kantian legacy) leads one to put community reception ahead of individual reception in the order of aesthetic relations. A core premise of the book is that neo-pragmatism draws attention to an otherwise overlooked aspect of Kant’s "Critique of... Read more
1. Introduction: The Ethical Dimension of Art 2. Perceiving Intention in Order 3. Finding Fault with Feeling 4. Reasoning Our Way to Pleasure 5. Talking Morals 6. Imagining Freedom 7. Cultivating Genius 8. Meaning and Morals: A Post-Kantian Conception of Art and Community
Biography
Jennifer A. McMahon is Associate Professor in Philosophy at the University of Adelaide, South Australia.
