Aesthetics and Material Beauty: Aesthetics Naturalized

by Jennifer A. McMahon

Book Overview

In Aesthetics and Material Beauty, Jennifer A. McMahon develops a new aesthetic theory she terms Critical Aesthetic Realism - taking Kantian aesthetics as a starting point and drawing upon contemporary theories of mind from philosophy, psychology, and cognitive science. The creative process does not proceed by a set of rules. Yet the fact that its objects can be understood or appreciated by others suggests that the creative process is constrained...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415874254
• ISBN13: 9780415874250
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"