Not Just Mere Things

This paper examines Arthur Danto's contention, put forward in The Transfiguration of the Commonplace, that at a certain point in its history art becomes philosophy. The similarities and differences between Danto's view and the Hegelian one from which it is derived are examined. Using Danto...

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Main Author: Thomas E. Wartenberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Contemporary Aesthetics, Inc. 2008-01-01
Series:Contemporary Aesthetics
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Online Access:http://www.contempaesthetics.org/newvolume/pages/article.php?articleID=506