| Epistemologies of Aesthetics Contributor(s): Mersch, Dieter (Author) |
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ISBN: 3037345217 ISBN-13: 9783037345214 Publisher: Diaphanes OUR PRICE: $14.85 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | Criticism & Theory - Philosophy | Aesthetics |
| Dewey: 701.17 |
| Series: Think Art |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 4.6" W x 7.8" (0.50 lbs) 176 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The ideas of "art as research" and "research as art" have risen over the past two decades as important critical focuses for the philosophy of media, aesthetics, and art. Of particular interest is how the methodologies of art and science might be merged to create a better conceptual understanding of art-based research. In Epistemologies of Aesthetics, Dieter Mersch deconstructs and displaces the terminology that typically accompanies the question of the relationship between art and scientific truth. Identifying artistic practices as modes of thought that do not make use of language in a way that can easily be translated into scientific discourse, Mersch advocate for an aesthetic mode of thought beyond the "linguistic turn," a way of thinking that cannot be substituted by any other disciplinary system. A sophisticated reflection on the epistemological status of the aesthetic by one of Germany's leading philosophers, Epistemologies of Aesthetics will be of great interest within this growing field of study. |
Contributor Bio(s): Mersch, Dieter: - Dieter Mersch is head of the Institute for Theory at the Zurich University of the Arts, a member of German Society for Philosophy and the German Society for Aesthetics, and a board member of the Journal of Philosophy of Culture. |