The Definition of Art and the Legacy of Joseph Margolis

Edited by
Andrea Baldini, Feng Peng, Hae-Wan Lee & Peter Cheyne

East Asian Journal of Philosophy | 2 (2)

2023

Abstract

The death of Joseph Margolis inspired this special issue. Joe, as he was fondly known, was a towering figure whose work influenced several fields of philosophy for nearly seven decades, beginning in the 1950s. Though he is perhaps best known for his work in aesthetics, which we honour here, he contributed to nearly every discipline and subfield of philosophy, from metaphysics to philosophy of language, and from philosophy of medicine to feminist philosophy.