Art and abstract objects

Art and Abstract Objects presents a lively philosophical exchange between the philosophy of art and core areas of philosophy. A team of contributors examine the ontological nature of repeatable artworks--such as plays, novels, and films--as abstract objects, which are immaterial, causally inert, and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Mag Uidhir, Christy (-)
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press 2012
Edición:1st ed
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  • List of Contributors ; Acknowledgements ; Introduction: Art, Metaphysics, and The Paradox of Standards ; GENERAL ONTOLOGICAL ISSUES ; 1. Must Ontological Pragmatism Be Self-Defeating? ; 2. Indication, Abstraction, and Individuation ; 3. Destroying Artworks ; INFORMATIVE COMPARISONS ; 4. Art, Open-Endedness, and Indefinite Extensibility ; 5. Historical Individuals Like Anas platyrhynchos and 'Classical Gas' ; 6. Repeatable Artwork Sentences and Generics ; ARGUMENTS AGAINST AND ALTERNATIVES TO ; 7. Against Repeatable Artworks ; 8. How to be a Nominalist and a Fictional Realist ; 9. Platonism vs. Nominalism in Contemporary Musical Ontology ; ABSTRACTA ACROSS THE ARTS ; 10. Reflections on the Metaphysics of Sculpture ; 11. Installation Art and Performance: A Shared Ontology ; 12. What Type of 'Type' is a Film? ; 13. Musical Works: A Mash-Up ; Index