Benjamin Tilghman: 2 books

Benjamin Tilghman has been a leading commentator on analytic philosophy for many years. This book brings together his most significant and influential work on aesthetics. Spanning a period of thirty years and covering topics in aesthetics from literature to painting, the collection traces the development...

The philosophy of art, aesthetics, is here understood to be something distinct from both art appreciation and art criticism. The philosophy of art is never­ theless dependent upon the existence of appreciation and criticism because it is out of reflection upon these that the uniquely philosophical...