Danto and His Critics 2nd Edition by Mark Rollins (PDF)

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Updated and revised, the Second Edition of Danto and His Critics presents a series of essays by leading Danto scholars who offer their critical assessment of the influential works and ideas of Arthur C. Danto, the Johnsonian Professor Emeritus in the Department of Philosophy at Columbia University and long-time art critic for The Nation. Reflects Danto’s revisions in his theory of art, reworking his views in ways that have not been systematically addressed elsewhereFeatures essays that critically assess the changes in Danto’s thoughts and locate Danto’s revised theory in the larger context of his work and of aesthetics generallySpeaks in original ways to the relation of Danto’s philosophy of art to his theory of mindConnects and integrates Danto’s ideas on the nature of knowledge, action, aesthetics, history, and mind, as well as his provocative thoughts on the philosophy of art for the reader

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Editorial Reviews: Review “Highly recommended. Upper-level undergraduates through researchers/faculty. (Choice, 1 February 2013) Review Danto and his Critics was always the best place to find illuminating discussions of Danto’s work, especially his philosophy of art. The expanded edition brings it up date and makes it even better. Robert Stecker , Central Michigan University From the Inside Flap It has been 30 years since the initial publication of Arthur C. Danto’s influential and award-winning treatise on the philosophy of art, The Transfiguration of the Commonplace. What is the current critical assessment of Danto and his body of work? And how have Danto’s own views changed on the nature and meaning of art? In this fully revised and expanded edition of Danto and His Critics, leading Danto scholars offer their updated critical assessments of the works and ideas of the Johnsonian Professor Emeritus in the Department of Philosophy at Columbia University and long-time art critic for The Nation. While Danto has authored several influential books and essays on the nature of knowledge, action, aesthetics, history, and mind, he is best known for his provocative thoughts on the philosophy of art. In addition to the many insightful essays featured in the first edition – along with responses by Danto – this volume contains five completely new chapters, numerous postscripts to the original essays, and a revised “Replies to Critics” section. And in a fascinating new afterword, Danto reflects on how his life as an artist before taking up philosophy shaped and informed his ideas.By offering such a comprehensive, integrated, and incisive treatment of Arthur Danto’s work, the second edition of Danto and His Critics reveals great insights into the state of contemporary art from the mind of one of the major shapers of recent aesthetic theory. From the Back Cover It has been 30 years since the initial publication of Arthur C. Danto’s influential and award-winning treatise on the philosophy of art, The Transfiguration of the Commonplace. What is the current critical assessment of Danto and his body of work? And how have Danto’s own views changed on the nature and meaning of art? In this fully revised and expanded edition of Danto and His Critics, leading Danto scholars offer their updated critical assessments of the works and ideas of the Johnsonian Professor Emeritus in the Department of Philosophy at Columbia University and long-time art critic for The Nation. While Danto has authored several influential books and essays on the nature of knowledge, action, aesthetics, history, and mind, he is best known for his provocative thoughts on the philosophy of art. In addition to the many insightful essays featured in the first edition – along with responses by Danto – this volume contains five completely new chapters, numerous postscripts to the original essays, and a revised “Replies to Critics” section. And in a fascinating new afterword, Danto reflects on how his life as an artist before taking up philosophy shaped and informed his ideas.By offering such a comprehensive, integrated, and incisive treatment of Arthur Danto’s work, the second edition of Danto and His Critics reveals great insights into the state of contemporary art from the mind of one of the major shapers of recent aesthetic theory. About the Author Mark Rollins is Professor in the Department of Philosophy, the Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology Program, and the Sam Fox School of Art and Visual Design at Washington University in St. Louis. He is the author of several books on the role of images in perception and cognition and as symbols in literature and art. Read more

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⭐This book assumes that Danto’s philosophical career started when he retired.His major contributions to philosophy cover Philosophy of knowledge, Philosophy of action, Philosophy of history, Nietzsche, Sartre, Oriental thought and so on. These works, rarely mentioned, are presented as part of a philosophy of art, which provides a strongly biased viewpoint.This book represents a distortion of the place Danto occupies in the second half of 20th century philosophy. Most of the authors, except for Jerry Fodor, are art historians or art critics and would not have been qualified to comment on the wide range of Danto’s philosophy

⭐Ce livre nous présente Danto comme un philosophe dont la carrière a commencé au moment de sa retraite de l’université de Columbia à New York. Tous les collaborateurs de ce livre (sauf Jerry Fodor) sont des critiques ou des historiens d’art. C’est ce qui explique que ce livre nous présente une vision aussi biaisée de la philosophie de Danto. Ce dernier a couvert l’ensemble des problèmes philosophiques dans de nombreux ouvrages, philosophie de la connaissance, philosophie de l’action, philosophie de l’histoire, philosophie orientale et son mysticisme, Frédéric Nietzsche, Jean-Paul Sartre etc. La philosophie de l’art représente alors le dernier volet, mais rien que le dernier volet de son œuvre. Limiter l’analyse de la philosophie de Danto à ses écrits sur l’art c’est négliger la place qu’il a prise dans la philosophie analytique au 20è siècle.

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