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Philosophy: Aesthetics

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Subject Headings and Resources

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Here I show some examples of subject headings on aesthetics. Notice that the topic can be treated both in general and in connection with a particular art.

I also list some selected reference resorces and introductions, many of which are available online.

Example Subject Headings

Selected Introductions and Reference Sources on Aesthetics

Art theory: a very short introduction. Cynthia Freeland. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.

Bass (Stacks), N71 .F653X 2003

Blackwell guide to aesthetics. Ed. Peter Kivy.  Malden, MA: Blackwell Pub., 2004.

Bass (Stacks), Divinity Library (Stacks), BH39 .B556X 2004

A companion to aesthetics. 2nd ed. Ed. David E. Cooper et al. Oxford, UK; Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Publishers, 2008.

Older edition: SML (Starr and Philosophy Study Room), Haas Arts Library, BH56 C65X 1992

 Companion to art theory.  Ed. Paul Smith and Carolyn Wilde. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2002.

Historical dictionary of aesthetics. Dabney Townsend. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2006.

SML (Starr), BH56 .T69X 2006

The Oxford handbook of aesthetics. Ed. Jerrold Levinson. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2003.

SML (Stacks & Philosophy Study Room), BH56 .O94X 2003

Philosophy of art: a contemporary introduction. Noel Carrol. New York; London: Routledge, 1999.

Bass (Stacks), BH39 C376X 1999

The Routledge companion to aesthetics. Ed. Berys Gaut and Dominic McIver Lopes. London; New York: Routledge, 2001.

SML (Starr & Philosophy Study Room), BH21 R68 2001

Routledge companion to philosophy and film.  Ed. Paisley Livingston and Carl Plantinga.  New York; London: Routledge, 2009.

SML (Stacks), PN1994 R574X 2009