Institutions Of Art

George Dickie has been one of the most innovative, influential, and controversial philosophers of art working in the analytical tradition in the past twenty-five years. Dickie's arguments against the various theories of aesthetic attitude, aesthetic perception, and aesthetic experience virtually brought classical theories of the aesthetic to a halt. His institutional theory of art was perhaps the most discussed proposal in aesthetics during the 1970s and 1980s, inspiring both supporters who produced variations on the theory as well as passionate detractors who thought the theory thoroughly wrongheaded. Dickie has also written widely on the history of aesthetics, and his work ranks among the best examples of analytic aesthetics.The philosophy of George Dickie continues to provoke reaction and reflection. The essays in this collection pay homage not only to Dickie's ideas but also to his influence. A brief biography of George Dickie and a bibliography of his works complete the volume.ContentsI. Reconsidering the Institutional TheoryNoel Carroll/Identifying ArtJeffrey Wieand/Perceptually Indistinguishable ObjectsSusan Feagin/Valuing the ArtworldII. Reconsidering the Evaluation of ArtBohdan Dziemidok/On the Need to Distinguish Between Aesthetic and Artistic Evaluations of ArtPeggy Zeglin Brand/Evaluating Art: A Feminist Case for Dickie's Matrix SystemMarcia Muelder Eaton/Evaluating More Than ArtIII. Reconsidering the History of AestheticsPeter Kivy/From Literature as Imagination to Literature as Memory: A Historical SketchTed Cohen/Partial Enchantments of the Quixote Story in Hume's Essay on TasteRobert J. Yanal/Kant on Aesthetic Ideas and BeautyGeorge Dickie: A Biography and BibliographyYanal, Robert Y. is the author of 'Institutions Of Art' with ISBN 9780271025735 and ISBN 0271025735.