Evaluating Art

Index

INDEX Aesthetic and cognitive features of art, relation of, n8, II9, 12.0-12.1; experience of, II8, II9, 12.2-12.4 Aesthetic aspects of art, 13 Aesthetic-attitude theory, 33, 34 Aesthetic expf'rience, 53-54; detachedness of, 56, 78-80, 100, 102.; measurement of, 70-74; reference in, 58; standard features of, 59-60,95, 135, 165; theory of, 54-60 Aesthetic perception, 59 Aesthetic polarity, 134, 150; -relativism, 153; Sibley test of, 93, 99, 133, 135, 150, 151, 152, 153; Ziff-Beardsley test of, 94-95, [34, 135; Ziff-Sibley test of aesthetic and/or artistic polarity, 97 Aesthetic, symptoms of the, 104, IIO Aesthetic value, criterion of, 157. See Primary criteria of aesthetic value; secondary criterion of aesthetic value Affective reliability, 141, 145-154 Austen, Jane, 12.0, 12.4 Amplified compromise view, 12.9, 139, 140, 154; summarized, 157-161, 181 Andrews, Linda, ix Aristotle, 15 Art, aesthetic features of, 13 Artistic value, criterion of, 158; possible theory-types of, 5-II Beardsley, Monroe, ix, 4,8, 13, 14, 15, 39, 43, 47, 48, 87, 88, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94,96, 98, 99, 100, 102., 105, 107, 109, no, III, 1I2., II5, II6, II7, 1I8, 122., 12.3, 12.9-130, 131, 132., 133, 134, 137, 139, 140, 157, 161, 182.; account of comparison of values of works of art, 162.-163; aesthetic experience, later version, 56-60; compromise view of Beardsley and Sibley, 99, 101; conception of aesthetic experience, 12.1-12.2., 12.4; definition of "aesthetic object," 64; definition of "aesthetic value," 65; definition of "artwork," 58, II7; five symptoms of the aesthetic, 57-58; theory of art evaluation, 53-80; theory of critical generality, 81-87; theory of detachedness of aesthetic experience, 58-59; theory of evaluation and comparison of values of works of art, 179-180; ZiffBeardsley test of aesthetic polarity, 94-95, 134, 135 Beauty and referentiality, 2.1-23 Blameless diversity, 146-147, 150, 151, 152., 161 Brubaker, David, ix Budziak, Teresa, ix INDEX Burke, Edmund, I6, I9, 23-24, 27, 3I Carpenter, Joyce, ix Cognition, as the purpose of aIt (Goodman), I05 Cognitive and aesthetic features of art, relation of, u8, U9, I20-I2I; experience of, u8, U9, I22-I24 Cognitive aspects of art, I3; rejection of, I5-I6 Cognitive features of art, I02, u8, I32 Cognitive reasons, 54, 78-79 Cognitive reliability, I4I, I45 Cognitive value, 60, 77, u8, U4-U5; imitative, u8, I35, I37, I38, I58, I59; supportive, u8, I35, I36, I38, I58, I59; referent-centered, u8, I35-I36, I38, I55, I58, I59 Color, possession of, I07, II2 Comparison matrices, I68-I7I; and critics, I80-I8I; and specific evaluations of art, I4 Comparison of properties: imitative cognitive properties, I75-I76; referent-centered cognitive properties, I76; supportive cognitive properties, I75; the value of works of art, 70, I6I-I77; works that do not share all the same properties, I74 Comparison scales, I67; and numerical values, I7I-I72 Comparisons of the values of works of art, I30, I3I, I32; general condition for betterness in, I66; not possible in certain cases, I67 Compromise view of Beardsley and Sibley, the, 99, IOI; amplified, I29, I39, I40, I54; amplified view summarized, I57-I6I, I8I Conroy, Bernard, ix Criterion: of aesthetic value, I57; of artistic value, I58 Critical arguments, deductive or inductive, 62-64, 66-68 Critical principles of artistic evaluation, 60; nonuniversal, I54; strong, u, 63-64,69-70, 7I-72, 82-83, 85, 98, 99; universal, I54; weak, u, 63-64, 68,69,70,74-75, 82, 84,98, I58; I59, I60, I6I Critical reasons, 60 Critics and comparison matrices, I80-I8I Cunningham, Suzanne, x Danto, Arthur, U5 Dantoesque objects, I07-I08 Denotation, I03, I04 Dependent generality, 75-76, 83; definition of, 84 Dependently valued properties, I63 Detachedness, 53, I23-I24; of aesthetic experience, 56, 78-80, IOO, I02 Disinterestedly valuing, I34 Disinterestedness, I6-20, 22, 34-37 Diversity, blameless, I46-I47, I50, IF, I52, I6I Diversity of taste, the, 3 Eaton, Marcia, x Exemplification, I03, I04, I07, I08, I09 Faust, Jennifer, ix Fictional objects, I25 Generality, dependent, 75-76, 83; definition of, 84 INDEX Generality, independent, 76, 83-84, 86, 87, 89, 90, 98; definition of, 84 Goodman, Nelson, 4, 13, 58, 77, II5, II6, II8, 12S, 131, 132, 133, 139; conception of aesthetic experience, 101; theory of art evaluation, 101II3 Heyduk, Andrzey, ix Hobbesian theory of selfishness, 18 Hume, David, 3,4, II...