From the Editor: Aesthetics as First Philosophy
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2015-06-15
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van Gerwen, R.C.H.M.
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Abstract
Not metaphysics but aesthetics should be viewed as first philosophy, because it, and its subject matter, art, are concerned with the way representations work. All other disciplines, whether in philosophy or in the sciences base their insights in representations, assuming that these work as intended.
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Aesthetics, art, philosophy, metaphysics, Philosophy, Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
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van Gerwen, R C H M 2015, 'From the Editor: Aesthetics as First Philosophy', Aesthetic Investigations, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. i-ii. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4013357