The Philosophy of Arthur C. Danto - (Library of Living Philosophers) by Randall E Auxier & Lewis Edwin Hahn (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Arthur Danto is the Johnsonian Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Columbia University and the most influential philosopher of art in the last half century. As an art critic for "The Nation" for 25 years and frequent contributor to other widely read outlets such as the "New York Review of Books," Danto also has become one of the most respected public intellectuals of his generation. He is the author of some two dozen important books, along with hundreds of articles and reviews which have been the center of both controversy and discussion. In this volume Danto offers his intellectual autobiography and responds to essays by 27 of the keenest critics of his thought from the worlds of philosophy and the arts. The book includes 16 pages of color art reproductions. Danto is the author dozens of books on art, philosophy, the philosophy of art, and art criticism. He is a rare philosopher who is also a public intellectual.<BR><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Arthur Danto is the Johnsonian Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Columbia University and the most influential philosopher of art in the last half century. As an art critic for <i>The Nation</i> for 25 years and frequent contributor to other widely read outlets such as the <i>New York Review of Books</i>, Danto also has become one of the most respected public intellectuals of his generation. He is the author of some two dozen important books, along with hundreds of articles and reviews which have been the center of both controversy and discussion. In this volume Danto offers his intellectual autobiography and responds to essays by 27 of the keenest critics of his thought from the worlds of philosophy and the arts. The book includes 16 pages of color art reproductions. Danto is the author dozens of books on art, philosophy, the philosophy of art, and art criticism. He is a rare philosopher who is also a public intellectual.<br><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Arthur Danto is the Johnsonian Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Columbia University and the most influential philosopher of art in the last half century. As an art critic for <i>The Nation</i> for 25 years and frequent contributor to other widely read outlets such as the <i>New York Review of Books</i>, Danto has also become one of the most respected public intellectuals of his generation. He is the author of some two dozen important books on art, philosophy, the philosophy of art, and art criticism, along with hundreds of articles and reviews which have been the center of both controversy and discussion. His article, The Artworld (1964) is one of the most influential writings on art of the past hundred years. <p/>In The Philosophy of Arthur C. Danto Danto offers his fascinating intellectual autobiography. In <i>The Philosophy of Arthur C. Danto</i>, a monumental volume, Danto writes detailed replies to essays by twenty-seven of the keenest critics of his thought, from the worlds of philosophy and the arts. The illustrations, in both color and black-and-white, include works by Danto himself as well as by other artists exemplifying themes from his thought including 16 pages of color art reproductions.<br>--sirreadalot.org <p/>The series as a whole is the greatest philosophical 'journal' that has ever been published.<br>--Edgar Sheffield Brightman<br><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Randall E. Auxier is Editor of the Library of Living Philosophers and Professor of Philosophy at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. He is also Editor of the journal <i>The Pluralist</i>. Among the books he has edited are <i>Responses to Royce</i> (2000), <i>Hartshorne and Brightman on God, Process, and Persons</i> (with Mark Y.A. Davies, 2001), and <i>The Philosophy of Richard Rorty</i> (with Lewis Edwin Hahn, 2009). <p/>The late Lewis Edwin Hahn was editor of the Library of Living Philosophers from 1981 to 2001. As Paul Schilpp's successor he edited three LLP volumes with Schilpp and and eight volumes as sole editor, then conceived, planned, and began the creation of seven more volumes. He authored <i>A Contextualistic Theory of Perception</i> (1942), <i>Value: A Co-operative Inquiry</i> (with John Dewey and others, 1949), and <i>A Contextualistic World View</i> (2001). Professor Hahn co-edited <i>The Early Works of John Dewey, 1882-1898</i> (1967-1972) and wrote numerous articles for scholarly journals and collections.
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