Part 1: History of aesthetics
1. Plato
2. Aristotle
3. Medieval aesthetics
4. Empiricism: Hutcheson and Hume
5. Kant
6. Hegel
7. Idealism: Schopenhauer, Schiller and Schelling
8. Nietzsche
9. Formalism
10. Pragmatism: Dewey
11. Expressivism: Croce and Collingwood
12. Heidegger
13. Phenomenology: Merleau-Ponty and Sartre
14. Adorno
15. Benjamin
16. Foucault
17. Postmodernism
18. Goodman
19. Sibley
20. Wollheim
Part 2: Aesthetic theory
21. Definitions of art
22. Categories of art
23. Ontology of art
24. The aesthetic
25. Taste
26. Aesthetic universals
27. Art and evolution
28. Value of art
29. Beauty
30. Interpretation
31. Imagination and make-believe
32. Fiction
33. Narrative
34. Metaphor
35. Depiction
Part 3: Issues and challenges
36. Criticism
37. Art and knowledge
38. Art and ethics
39. Art, expression and emotion
40. Tragedy
41. Humor
42. Creativity
43. Style
44. Authenticity in performance
45. Fakes and forgeries
46. High art versus low art
47. Environmental aesthetics
48. Feminist aesthetics
49. Art and religion
Part 4: The individual arts
50. Literature
51. Poetry
52. Theater
53. Film
54. Videogames
55. Comics
56. Photography
57. Painting
58. Sculpture
59. Design
60. Architecture
61. Music
62. Dance
Index
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