Languages of Art: An Approach to a Theory of Symbols"Like Dewey, he has revolted against the empiricist dogma and the Kantian dualisms which have compartmentalized philosophical thought. . . . Unlike Dewey, he has provided detailed incisive argumentation, and has shown just where the dogmas and dualisms break down." --Richard Rorty, The Yale Review |
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Contents
Introduction | xi |
Denotation | xvi |
Perspective | 10 |
Sculpture | 19 |
Representationas | 27 |
Realism | 34 |
Depiction and Description | 40 |
II | 45 |
Semantic Requirements | 148 |
Notations | 154 |
Inductive Translation | 164 |
Diagrams Maps and Models | 170 |
SCORE SKETCH AND SCRIPT | 177 |
Sketch | 192 |
Script | 199 |
Literary Arts | 207 |
A Difference in Direction 50 2 A Difference in Direction | 52 |
Facts and Figures | 68 |
Schemata | 71 |
Modes of Metaphor | 81 |
III | 99 |
The Unfakable | 112 |
A Task | 122 |
Syntactic Requirements | 130 |
Composition of Characters | 141 |
Architecture | 218 |
VI | 225 |
Searching and Showing | 232 |
Action and Attitude | 241 |
Symptoms of the Aesthetic | 252 |
Art and the Understanding | 262 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Languages of Art: An Approach to a Theory of Symbols |
| Author | Nelson Goodman |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Hackett Publishing, 1976 |
| ISBN | 0915144344, 9780915144341 |
| Length | 277 pages |
| Subjects | › Philosophy / Criticism |
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