Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art

Stecker (philosophy, Central Michigan U.) begins this introductory text for undergraduates by making a distinction between the overlapping fields of aesthetics ... » 

Stecker (philosophy, Central Michigan U.) begins this introductory text for undergraduates by making a distinction between the overlapping fields of aesthetics and philosophy of art. He begins by examining the aesthetic appreciation of nature, and then the concepts of aesthetic experience & aesthetic properties. Next he turns to the philosophy of a «