First published in 1995, this book aims at rehabilitating systematic aesthetics. To this end, it attempts to show how metaphysical, transcendental, and systematic aesthetics comprise the fundamental options for the philosophy of art, how metaphysical and transcendental aesthetics internally undermine themselves, and, finally, how their dilemmas are overcome by systematic aesthetics
It discusses themes like critique of metaphysical aesthetics; impasse of transcendental aesthetics; individuality of beauty; the existence of beauty in the work of art; the extreme reality of the work of art and the reception of art. This is a must read for scholars and researchers of philosophy of art and philosophy in general.
Introduction Part I: The Dilemmas of Metaphysical and Transcendental Aesthetics 1. The Immanent Critique of Metaphysical Aesthetics 2. The Impasse of Transcendental Aesthetics Part II: Systematic Aesthetics 3. The Mandate of Systematic Aesthetics 4. The Individuality of Beauty 5. Beauty as Such and Natural Beauty 6. Beauty as Artistic Beauty 7. The Existence of Beauty in the Work of Art 8. Conduct as an Object of Artistic Beauty 9. The External Reality of the Work of Art 10. Artistic Creation 11. The Reception of Art Postscript: The Abiding Tasks of Systematic Aesthetics Notes Bibliography Index
Biography
Richard Dien Winfield
