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New Theory of Beauty / Guy Sircello.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Princeton Legacy Library ; 1305Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©1975Description: 1 online resource (152 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780691617688
  • 9781400872381
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 111.85 23
LOC classification:
  • BH39 .S54 1975eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Beauty and the Twentieth Century -- 2. Skepticism with Regard to Beauty -- 3. Beautiful "Objects" -- 4. "Beautiful Properties" -- 5. The Job of a Theory of Beauty -- 6. Experiences of Beauty -- 7. Vividness and the Beauty of Color -- 8. The Relativity of Vividness -- 9. The Multiplicity of Colors -- 10. Vividness and the Context of Color -- 11. Vividness and Appearance -- 12. Other Beauties of Color -- 13. Properties of Qualitative Degree -- 14. The New Theory of Beauty Stated -- 15. The Argument Strategy -- 16. Beauty and the Looks of Things -- 17. TheRelativity of Looks -- 18. Other Varieties of Visual Beauty and Other Varieties of Relativity -- 19. Beauty of Sound -- 20. Beauties of Taste, Smell, and Touch -- 21. Qualifications jor Judging Beauty -- 22. Intellectual Beauty -- 23. Beauty and Utility -- 24. Beauty and Goodness -- 25. The Problem of Moral Beauty -- 26. A Defense of Moral Beauty -- 27. Beauty and the Emotions -- 28. Sublimity -- 29. Harmony and Beauty -- 30. The "Flowers of Evil" Phenomenon -- 31. Disagreements about Beauty -- 32. The Limited Use of i "Beautiful" -- 33. The Objectivity of Beauty -- 34. The Problem of the Enjoyment of Beauty -- 35. An Explanation of the Enjoyment of Beauty -- 36. Surpassing Clarity -- Index
Summary: Ever since the eighteenth century, when Kant opened the floodgates of subjectivism in aesthetics, common men and philosophers alike have despaired of finding a basis for judgments about beauty. This book provides a comprehensive theory that encompasses beauty in art and nature, as well as intellectual, utilitarian, and moral beauty. The author argues that the beauty of objects can be reduced to the beauty of properties of those objects, which in turn can be understood in terms of "properties of qualitative degree." The theory, developed first with respect to color, is then extended to include all sensory and non-sensory qualities. The author shows how the theory explicates and resolves disagreements about what is beautiful and discusses its relevance to the traditional notions of harmony and sublimity. His is an objectivist theory of beauty, and it enables him, in conclusion, to demonstrate why we enjoy perceiving beauty.Originally published in 1975.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Beauty and the Twentieth Century -- 2. Skepticism with Regard to Beauty -- 3. Beautiful "Objects" -- 4. "Beautiful Properties" -- 5. The Job of a Theory of Beauty -- 6. Experiences of Beauty -- 7. Vividness and the Beauty of Color -- 8. The Relativity of Vividness -- 9. The Multiplicity of Colors -- 10. Vividness and the Context of Color -- 11. Vividness and Appearance -- 12. Other Beauties of Color -- 13. Properties of Qualitative Degree -- 14. The New Theory of Beauty Stated -- 15. The Argument Strategy -- 16. Beauty and the Looks of Things -- 17. TheRelativity of Looks -- 18. Other Varieties of Visual Beauty and Other Varieties of Relativity -- 19. Beauty of Sound -- 20. Beauties of Taste, Smell, and Touch -- 21. Qualifications jor Judging Beauty -- 22. Intellectual Beauty -- 23. Beauty and Utility -- 24. Beauty and Goodness -- 25. The Problem of Moral Beauty -- 26. A Defense of Moral Beauty -- 27. Beauty and the Emotions -- 28. Sublimity -- 29. Harmony and Beauty -- 30. The "Flowers of Evil" Phenomenon -- 31. Disagreements about Beauty -- 32. The Limited Use of i "Beautiful" -- 33. The Objectivity of Beauty -- 34. The Problem of the Enjoyment of Beauty -- 35. An Explanation of the Enjoyment of Beauty -- 36. Surpassing Clarity -- Index

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Ever since the eighteenth century, when Kant opened the floodgates of subjectivism in aesthetics, common men and philosophers alike have despaired of finding a basis for judgments about beauty. This book provides a comprehensive theory that encompasses beauty in art and nature, as well as intellectual, utilitarian, and moral beauty. The author argues that the beauty of objects can be reduced to the beauty of properties of those objects, which in turn can be understood in terms of "properties of qualitative degree." The theory, developed first with respect to color, is then extended to include all sensory and non-sensory qualities. The author shows how the theory explicates and resolves disagreements about what is beautiful and discusses its relevance to the traditional notions of harmony and sublimity. His is an objectivist theory of beauty, and it enables him, in conclusion, to demonstrate why we enjoy perceiving beauty.Originally published in 1975.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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