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Publisher: Springer

Place: Berlin

Year: 2007

Pages: 455-458

Series: Continental Philosophy Review

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Robert J. Dostal, "A. Paskow, The paradoxes of art" Continental Philosophy Review 40 (4), 2007, pp. 455-458

Abstract

Though the title suggests a phenomenological account of art and, in fact, has some important and insightful things to say about art, this work focuses primarily on the ontological status of “fictional beings” and the question of “representation” in art and in experience more generally. Paskow makes a case for a “realist” aesthetic. The first part of the book, which provides examples from literature and painting, culminates in a discussion of why fictional beings can be important to us. The second part of the book is almost exclusively devoted to a consideration of painting. It illustrates how a realist aesthetic can be brought to bear on painting and develops this aesthetic in relation to this particular art form. Throughout Paskow is concerned not only with what we should take art to be, but why it should matter to us.

Publication details

Publisher: Springer

Place: Berlin

Year: 2007

Pages: 455-458

Series: Continental Philosophy Review

Full citation:

Robert J. Dostal, "A. Paskow, The paradoxes of art" Continental Philosophy Review 40 (4), 2007, pp. 455-458