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• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Figures
• Preface
• Introduction: Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art, An Extremely Brief History
• I. On art and beauty
• II. The ancient period
• III. The Middle Ages
• IV. The modern period
• 1 Defining Art
• I. Fountain (1917)
• II. On definitions
• III. Art as representation
• IV. Art as form
• V. Art as expression
• VI. Art and aesthetic function
• VII. On not defining art
• VIII. Art and the artworld
• IX. Art and art history
• 2 Interpretation and Intention
• I. ‘Last Leaf’ (2011)
• II. On interpretation
• III. The Romantics
• IV. Anti-intentionalism
• V. Post-structuralism
• VI. Intentionalism revisited
• VII. Hypothetical intentionalism
• VIII. The Patchwork Theory
• 3 Aesthetic Properties and Evaluation
• I. Black Square (1915)
• II. On evaluation
• III. The search for objective beauty
• IV. Taste
• V. Aesthetic properties
• VI. Contextualism
• VII. The value of art
• 4 The Ontology of Art
• I. Alabama Tenant Farmer Wife (1936) and After Walker Evans: 4 (1981)
• II. On ontology
• III. Artworks as physical objects
• IV. Singular and multiple artworks
• V. Types and tokens
• VI. Constructivism
• VII. Mental works and action types
• 5 Emotions and the Arts
• I. The Exorcist (1973)
• II. On art and emotion
• III. The paradox of fiction
• IV. The problem of tragedy
• 6 Art and Morality
• I. Helena (2000)
• II. On ethics and aesthetics
• III. Radical moralism and autonomism
• IV. Moderate moralism and autonomism
• V. Arts funding and censorship
• 7 Art, Aesthetics and Identity
• I. The Good Earth (1932) and The Good Earth (1937)
• II. Artistic exclusion
• III. Aesthetic exclusion
• IV. Authenticity and appropriation
• V. Our bodies, ourselves
• 8 Aesthetics Without Art
• I. Mr Blobby
• II. On beauty and nature
• III. Natural aesthetics
• IV. Environmental aesthetics
• V. Everyday aesthetics
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index