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Saturday, February 27, 2016

Heraclitus and Aesthetics

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On the face of it, Heraclitus seems to have little to say about aesthetics or the philosophy of art.  He does anticipate Plato in criticizin...
Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Neither Scientific Realism nor Skepticism but Fictionalism

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This blog entry is inspired by Jay L. Garfield's 1990 essay "Epoche and Sunyata:  Skepticism East and West" Philosophy East an...
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Saturday, February 20, 2016

Diotima's Truth: The Symposium Deconstructed

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This is a bit of an unorthodox reading of the Symposium, so students beware:  your teachers may not like this.  But I also think it is true....
Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Plato's Apology from an Aesthetic Point of View

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Most people who read the Apology think about the ethical issues involved.  However, there are some points relevant for aesthetics that are ...
Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Quality and Aura: Another Deweyan argument for the primacy of aesthetics in philosophy

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I am interested here in the relation between what I have called "aura" and what Dewey calls "quality." (These thoughts a...
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Saturday, January 16, 2016

In Praise of Shusterman, mostly

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What is the purpose of life (i.e. our lives, as humans)?  My current answer is enhancement or enrichment of experience.  I like to go back t...
Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Margolis vs. Danto: Margolis wins hands down, but I like to reread or rewrite Danto in my own way and perhaps Margolis wouldn't approve

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In my view Joseph Margolis and Arthur Danto were the two greatest aestheticians of their generation, and frankly, in my life. Danto is widel...