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Hume's aesthetic theory : taste and sentiment / Dabney Townsend.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Townsend, Dabney, 1941-
- Series:
- Routledge studies in eighteenth century philosophy ; 2.
- Routledge studies in eighteenth century philosophy ; 2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hume, David, 1711-1776--Aesthetics.
- Hume, David.
- Aesthetics, Modern--18th century.
- Aesthetics, Modern.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (269 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Routledge, 2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This is a challenging exploration of the link between the work of David Hume and the eighteenth century empiricist background to the parallel history of aesthetics as it developed at the time.
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Shaftesbury and Hume; Taste; Hume's appeal to sentiment; The aesthetic/moral analogy; Rules; The problem of a standard of taste; Notes; Bibliography; Index;
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-56802-9
- 1-280-32641-7
- 0-203-18607-9
- 9780203186077
- OCLC:
- 475875799
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