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Beyond Art (Hardcover)
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Beyond Art (Hardcover)
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Dominic McIver Lopes articulates and defends a 'buck passing theory
of art', namely that a work of art is nothing but a work in one of
the arts. Having traced philosophical interest in theories of art
to a reaction to certain puzzle cases of avant-garde art, he argues
that none of the theories that have dominated philosophy since the
1960s adequately copes with these works. Whereas these theories
have reached a dialectical impasse wherein they reiterate, and
cannot resolve, disagreement over the puzzle cases, the buck
passing theory illuminates the radical provocations of avant-garde
art. In addition, when supplemented by a systematic framework for
crafting theories of the individual arts, the buck passing theory
grounds our empirical inquiries into the arts as well as our
practices of appreciation and art criticism. Lopes seeks to model
the diverse strategies employed by humanists and social and
behavioural scientists who study the different arts. He gives the
specificity of each art form a central role in our appreciative
endeavours, and yet he stresses the continuity of the arts with
similar, non-art activities such as fashion design, sports and
games, cuisine, nature appreciation, and non-literary writing.
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