. A Diagram of the Finite-Infinite Relation
in Bergson and the Art of Immanence
November 2013; p ublished online May 2014 .
Chapter. Subjects: Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art. 9357 words.
The chapter revolves around a diagram – the celebrated cone of memory from Bergson’s Matter and Memory. It looks at this drawing as a form of thinking that leads to a commentary on the...
“A Disease of All Signification”
in Kafka's The Trial
May 2018; p ublished online March 2018 .
Chapter. Subjects: Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art; Philosophy. 9998 words.
This essay investigates the implications of the idea that a philosophically informed understanding of a literary text such as The Trial cannot proceed in isolation from a perpetual...
Abhinavagupta
in Encyclopedia of Aesthetics
January 2014; p ublished online August 2014 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art. 3007 words.
Besides being an aesthete and a Tantric mystic, Abhinavagupta was a prolific writer and polymath. His fame rests chiefly on
Abhinavagupta
in Encyclopedia of Aesthetics
January 1998; p ublished online January 2008 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art. 2981 words.
(tenth to eleventh century), medieval Indian philosopher.
Besides being an aesthete and a Tantric mystic, Abhinavagupta was a prolific
Abhinavagupta
Overview page. Subjects: Theatre — Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art — Religious Studies — Indian Music — Hinduism.
(c.975–1025)
Greatest of the Kashmiri Śaiva theologians. His works deal with the theoretical, yogic, and ritual
Abject
in Encyclopedia of Aesthetics
January 2014; p ublished online August 2014 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art. 3775 words.
The conventional meaning of abjection signifies “a state of being cast off” or of feeling in a low or debased
Abortion
in Philosophy
P ublished online May 2013 .
Article. Subjects: Philosophy; Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art; Epistemology; Feminist Philosophy; History of Western Philosophy; Metaphysics; Moral Philosophy; Non-Western Philosophy; Philosophy of Language; Philosophy of Law; Philosophy of Mathematics and Logic; Philosophy of Mind; Philosophy of Religion; Philosophy of Science; Social and Political Philosophy. 36782 words.
Questions concerning the moral and appropriate legal status of abortion are among the most important issues in applied ethics, and answering those questions involves addressing some...
About Taste
in Approach to Aesthetics
May 2001; p ublished online November 2003 .
Chapter. Subjects: Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art. 827 words.
The programmatic 2-page Ch. 4 reinforces the importance of taste as an ability to discern the aesthetic qualities of things and taste as an ability to recognise aesthetic merit and make...
Absolute Music as Ontology or Experience
in British Journal of Aesthetics
January 2017; p ublished online April 2017 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art. 1886 words.
Absolute Programme Music
in British Journal of Aesthetics
January 2017; p ublished online February 2017 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art. 2392 words.
Abstract
Mark Evan Bonds’ recent book, Absolute Music, deepens considerably the historical context within which Eduard Hanslick’s famous treatise on musical...
