{"product_id":"definitions-of-art-9780801497940","title":"Definitions of Art","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the last thirty years  work in analytic philosophy of art has flourished  and it has given rise to considerably controversy. Stephen Davies describes and analyzes the definition of art as it has been discussed in Anglo-American philosophy during this period and  in the process  introduces his own perspective on ways in which we should reorient our thinking. Davies conceives of the debate as revealing two basic  conflicting approachesthe functional and the proceduralto the questions of whether art can be defined  and if so  how. As the author sees it  the functionalist believes that an object is a work of art only if it performs a particular function (usually  that of providing a rewarding aesthetic experience). By contrast the proceduralist believes that something is an artwork only if it has been created according to certain rules and procedures. Davies attempts to demonstrate the fruitfulness of viewing the debate in terms of this framework  and he develops new arguments against both points of viewalthough he is more critical of functional than of procedural definitions. Because it has generated so much of the recent literature  Davies starts his analysis with a discussion of Morris Weitzs germinal paper  \"The Role of Theory in Aesthetics.\" He goes on to examine other important works by Arthur Danto  George Dickie  and Ben Tilghman and develops in his critiques original arguments on such matters of the artificiality of artworks and the relevance of artists intentions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45657851363381,"sku":"ByrdShop_0801497949","price":33.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780801497940.jpg?v=1782056319","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/definitions-of-art-9780801497940","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}