Knowing Art Essays in Aesthetics and Epistemology /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kieran, Matthew (Editor), Lopes, Dominic McIver (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Series: Philosophical Studies Series ; 107
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Arts.; Aesthetics.; Epistemology.; Ethics.

Artworks potentially convey two kinds of knowledge. They obviously afford knowledge of art itself, and they also afford general empirical knowledge, especially knowledge of human psychology and value. Knowing Art collects ten original essays written by leading philosophers who distill and build upon...