In chapters ranging from The Beautiful, the Dainty, and the Dumpy to Skin-deep or In the Eye of the Beholder? Nick Zangwill investigates the nature of beauty as we conceive it, and as it is in itself. The notion of beauty is currently attracting increased interest, particularly in philosophical aesthetics and in discussions of our experiences and judgments about art. In The Metaphysics of Beauty, Zangwill argues that it is essential to beauty that it depends on the ordinary features of things. He uses this principle to defend the notion of the aesthetic, to call for a version of aesthetic formalism, and to reconsider the reality of beauty. The Metaphysics of Beauty brings beauty to the center of intellectual consciousness in a manner informed by contemporary metaphysics and engages with beauty as an enduring object of human thought and experience.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cornell University Press
ISBN-13
9780801438202
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95619344
Product Key Features
Book Title
The Metaphysics of Beauty
Author
Nick Zangwill
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Popular Philosophy
Publication Year
2001
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
229mm
Item Width
152mm
Item Weight
28g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Nick Zangwill
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Best Selling in Books
Current slide {CURRENT_SLIDE} of {TOTAL_SLIDES}- Best Selling in Books