Beyond aesthetics philosophical essays - Carroll, Noël (Cambridge University Press, 2001)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-442) and index
Foreword - Peter Kivy -- - pt. I. - Beyond Aesthetics - Art and Interaction - Beauty and the Genealogy of Art Theory - Four Concepts of Aesthetic Experience -- - pt. II. - Art, History, and Narrative - Art, Practice, and Narrative - Identifying Art - Historical Narratives and the Philosophy of Art - On the Narrative Connection - Interpretation, History, and Narrative -- - pt. III. - Interpretation and Intention - Art, Intention, and Conversation - Anglo-American Aesthetics and Contemporary Criticism: Intention and the Hermeneutics of Suspicion - The Intentional Fallacy: Defending Myself - Interpretation and Intention: The Debate between Hypothetical and Actual Intentionalism -- - pt. IV. - Art, Emotion, and Morality - Art, Narrative, and Emotion - Horror and Humor
"Beyond Aesthetics brings together philosophical essays addressing art and related issues by one of the foremost philosophers of art at work today. Countering conventional aesthetic theories - those maintaining that authorial intention, art history, morality, and emotional responses are irrelevant to the experience of art - Noel Carroll argues for a more pluralistic and commonsensical view in which all of these factors can play a legitimate role in our encounter with artworks. Throughout, the book combines philosophical theorizing with illustrative examples including works of high culture and the avant-garde, as well as works of popular culture, jokes, horror novels, and suspense films."--Jacket