Edith Landmann-Kalischer - Essays on Art, Aesthetics, and Value

This volume brings together essential essays by an important but neglected thinker in early twentieth-century German philosophy, Edith Landmann-Kalischer. As the first English translation of her writings, this volume represents a landmark step in the effort to restore to its rightful place her philosophy and, in particular, its methodologically unified approach to aesthetic, moral, and epistemic value. The three essays translated - “On the Cognitive Value of Aesthetic Judgments: A Comparison of Sensory Judgments and Value Judgments” (1905), “On Artistic Truth” (1906), and “Philosophy of Values” (1910) - demonstrate a philosophical mind at home with the then emerging disciplines of phenomenology and psychology during one of the most fecund eras of philosophy in German-speaking lands. Drawing on the ferment of this period and engaging with its leading thinkers (e.g., Brentano, Husserl), Landmann-Kalischer crafts a unique and powerful contribution to aesthetics, the philosophy of art, and value theory. And far from speaking simply to the concerns of her day, in these essays she tackles questions that remain as pressing for us today as they were in her time. Are beauty, goodness, and truth real or merely subjective? How do we experience these values? Does our experience of value lead to judgments that can be true or false? Can those experiences lead to knowledge? Is a science of value possible at all? In Landmann-Kalischer's essays, we find rigorously argued and compelling answers to these questions.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Oxford New Histories of Philosophy
Release date:	December 2023
Editors:	Samantha Matherne (Gardner Cowles Associate Professor of the Humanities)
Translators:	Daniel O. Dahlstrom (Silber Professor of Philosophy)
Dimensions:	235 x 156mm (L x W)
Pages:	320
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-768204-3
Categories:	Books
LSN:	0-19-768204-9
Barcode:	9780197682043

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