Thomas M. Alexander, The Human Eros: Eco-ontology and the Aesthetics of Existence

IntroductionLike most scholars of Dewey’s aesthetics, Thomas Alexander (who may be counted foremost under that banner), has a tendency to see in Dewey’s work an inextricable tendency toward unity. Aesthetic experience in Dewey’s Art as Experience, turns on the concept of ‘fusion’ in which meanings...

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Autore principale: Morris, Connor
Natura: Article ou chapitre numérique
Lingua:Anglais
Pubblicazione: European Journal of Pragmatism and American Philosophy 2016
Accesso online:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Riassunto:IntroductionLike most scholars of Dewey’s aesthetics, Thomas Alexander (who may be counted foremost under that banner), has a tendency to see in Dewey’s work an inextricable tendency toward unity. Aesthetic experience in Dewey’s Art as Experience, turns on the concept of ‘fusion’ in which meanings are ‘fused’ into aesthetic wholes which can be embodied in art. Aesthetic experiences, taking in hand Dewey’s understanding of ‘experience’ as objective process involving the interplay of nature an...