Aesthetics Summary

Aesthetic Experience An aesthetic experience arises in response to works of art or other aesthetic objects. Although the term aesthetic itself was not introduced until the eighteenth century, it is cl... Read more

Aesthetic Qualities It is generally, although not universally, agreed among philosophers that there is an important distinction to be drawn between the aesthetic qualities of objects, especially art o... Read more

Aesthetics, History of [addendum] Twentieth-Century Aesthetics Aesthetics continued to be intensively cultivated in all the main schools of twentieth-century philosophy. The following survey emphasize... Read more

Aesthetics, Problems Of The philosophical discipline of aesthetics deals with conceptual problems arising out of the critical examination of art and the aesthetic. Monroe Beardsley subtitled his 1958 ... Read more