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The newly expanded and revised edition of Cooper's popular anthology featuring classic writings on aesthetics, both historical and contemporaryThe second edition of this bestselling anthology collects essays of canonical significance in aesthetics and the philosophy of art, featuring a wide range of topics from the nature of beauty and the criteria for aesthetic judgement to the value of art and the appreciation of nature.* Includes texts by classical philosophers like Plato and Kant alongside essays from art critics like Clive Bell, with new readings from Leonardo da Vinci, Oscar Wilde, Walter Pater, Ronald W. Hepburn, and Arthur C. Danto among others* Intersperses philosophical scholarship with diverse contributions from artists, poets, novelists, and critics* Broadens the scope of aesthetics beyond the Western tradition, including important texts by Asian philosophers from Mo Tzu to Tanizaki* Includes a fully-updated introduction to the discipline written by the editor, as well as prefaces to each text and chapter-specific lists of further reading

A collection of the influential attempts to depict the fundamental nature of reality or being-from Spinoza's doctrine of a single, indivisible substance to Russell's "logical atomism" and from the Buddha's account of a casual interrelated world to Leibniz's one of causally independent "monads".

Contains historic writings on aesthetics, stretching from Plato to Collingwood, and is useful for both students and researchers who take the traditions of aesthetic thought seriously. This volume includes: Hume's essay on taste and Schopenhauer's discussion of music, and writings by Chinese and Indian thinkers, such as Mo Tzu and Coomaraswamy.

Presents the central texts in the history of moral philosophy. This volume includes some classics from other traditions such as the debate between the two Confucians, Mencius and Hsun Tzu, and the early chapters from "The Bhagavad Gita".

From Plato to Quine, this text provides a collection of the essential, classic readings in the theory of knowledge. It contains 20 historical contributions, from the earliest times to Wittgenstein and from China to the USA. Several of the texts address the problem of scepticism.

Concise, chronologically-arranged collection of the classic readings in theory of knowledge. Includes non-western philosophical texts. Includes substantial editorial introduction to epistemology and useful introductions to each classic reading.

A collection of the influential attempts to depict the fundamental nature of reality or being - from Spinoza's doctrine of a single, indivisible substance to Russell's "logical atomism" and from the Buddha's account of a casual interrelated world to Leibniz's one of causally independent "monads".