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The Limits of Art

Part of the SpringerBriefs in Philosophy Book Series

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-54795-0

ISBN: 978-3-030-54794-3

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

Aug 19, 2020

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Introduction: Different Types of Limits

Benovsky, Jiri

Pages: 1 –4

[§1. This book is about exploring interesting borderline cases of art. I'll discuss the cases of gustatory and olfactory artworks (focusing on food), proprioceptive artworks (dance, martial arts, and rock climbing qua proprioceptive experiences), intellectual artworks (philosophical and...
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Extending the Limits I: Non-visual and Non-auditory Artworks

Benovsky, Jiri

Pages: 5 –25

[We talk about culinary arts, as we also talk about martial arts. Does this mean that a meal or a kata are to be understood as being artworks? In this chapter, I take these and other cases seriously and I claim that they are indeed genuine cases of art, in the same way as paintings, photographs,...
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Extending the Limits II: Intellectual Artworks

Benovsky, Jiri

Pages: 27 –39

[In this chapter, I defend the view that scientific and philosophical theories genuinely (as opposed to metaphorically) possess aesthetic properties and that they are genuine cases of artworks. In order to do so, I argue against the sensory dependence thesis according to which aesthetic...
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Limits and Their Vagueness: The Case of Paintings and Photographs

Benovsky, Jiri

Pages: 41 –57

[This Chapter explores limits between different kinds of works of art, with a focus on painting and photography. I discuss the nature of photography in detail, as well as several borderline cases of photographs, and I argue for the claim that there is an irremediably vague boundary between...

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