Taken together the series offers a comprehensive survey of philosophy as a whole. The entries in each volume combine summarized information on names, terms and movements and each essay is also supported by a selective bibliography.
This reference series, centred on analytic philosophy but also covering important aspects of the continental tradition and of non-Western philosophies, is made up of a number of volumes each dealing with a particular subject area. Taken together the series offers a comprehensive survey of philosophy as a whole. The entries in each volume combine summarized information on names, terms and moverments and each essay is also supported by a selective bibliography.
I. Notes on Contributors.II. Historical Overviews.
1. art of the Paleolithic: Gregory Currie (University of Nottingham).
2. aesthetics in antiquity: Stephen Halliwell (University of St. Andrews).
3. medieval and renaissance aesthetics: John Marenbon (Trinity College, Cambridge).
4. eighteenth-century aesthetics: Paul Guyer (University of Pennsylvania).
5. nineteenth- and twentieth-century Continental aesthetics: Robert Wicks (University of Auckland).
6. twentieth-century Anglo-American aesthetics: Stephen Davies and Robert Stecker (University of Auckland; Central Michigan University).
The Arts.
7. architecture: Edward Winters (West Dean College).
8. dance: Julie Van Camp (California State University, Long-Beach).
9. drama: James Hamilton (Kansas State University).
10. drawing, painting, and printmaking: Patrick Maynard (University of Western Ontario, Emeritus).
11. literature: David Davies (Mcgill University).
12. motion pictures: Noël Carroll (City University of New York Graduate Center).
13. music and song: John Andrew Fisher and Stephen Davies (University of Colorado- Boulder; University of Auckland).
14. opera: Paul Thom (University of Sydney).
15. photography: Patrick Maynard (University of Western Ontarion, Emeritus).
16. poetry: Anna Christina Ribeiro (Texas Tech University).
17. sculpture: Erik Koed.
A.
18. abstraction: Robert Hopkins (University of Sheffield).
19. Adorno, Theodor W.: Paul Mattick (Adelphi University).
20. aesthetic attitude: David E. Cooper (University of Durham).
21. aesthetic education: Pradeep A. Dhillon (University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign).
22. aesthetic judgment: Andrew Ward (University of York).
23. aesthetic pleasure: Jerrold Levinson (University of Maryland, College Park).
24. aesthetic properties: Alan H. Goldman (College of William and Mary).
25. aestheticism: David Whewell (Independent Scholar).
26. aesthetics of food and drink: Carolyn Korsmeyer (University at Buffalo).
27. aesthetics of the environment: Allen Carlson (University of Alberta).
28. aesthetics of the everyday: Sherri Irvin (University of Oklahoma).
29. African aesthetics: John Ayotunde (Tunde) Isola Bewaji (University of the West Indies).
30. Amerindian aesthetics: Anthony K. Webster (Southern Illinois University).
31. Aquinas, Thomas: John Haldane (University of St. Andrews).
32. Aristotle: Stephen Halliwell (University of St. Andrews).
33. art history: David Carrier (Case Western Reserve University/ Cleveland Institute of Art).
34. artifact, art as: George Dickie and Robert Stecker (University of Illinois- Chicago Emeritus; Central Michigan University).
35. 'artworld': Anita Silvers (San Francisco State University).
36. authenticity and art: Theodore Gracyk (Minnesota State University - Moorhead).
B.
37. Barthes, Roland: Mary Bittner Wiseman (CUNY, Brooklyn College).
38. Baumgarten, Alexander G.: Nicholas Davey (University of Dundee).
39. Beardsley, Monroe C.: Donald Callen (Bowling Green State University).
40. beauty: Mary Mothersill (Barnard College).
41. Bell, Clive: Ronald W. Hepburn (University of Edinburgh).
42. Benjamin, Walter: Martin Donougho (University of South Carolina).
43. Burke, Edmund: Patrick Gardiner (Magdalen College, Oxford).
C.
44. canon: Stein Haugom Olsen (University of Bergen).
45. catharsis: Stephen Halliwell (University of St. Andrews).
46. Cavell, Stanley: Timothy Gould (Metropolitan State College of Denver).
47. censorship: Bernard Williams (Corpus Christi College, Oxford).
48. Chinese aesthetics: Marthe Chandler (DePauw University).
49. cognitive science and art: William P. Seeley (Franklin & Marshall College).
50. cognitive value of art: Matthew Kieran (University of Leeds).
51. Collingwood, R.G.: Michael Krausz (Bryn Mawr College).
52. comedy: Noël Carroll (City University of New York Graduate Center).
53. conceptual art: Peter Goldie (University of Manchester).
54. conservation and restoration: David Carrier (Case Western Reserve University/ Cleveland Institute of Art).
55. creativity: Berys Gaut (University of St. Andrews).
56. critical monism and pluralism: Robert Kraut (Ohio State University- Columbus).
57. criticism: Michael Weston (University of Essex).
58. Croce, Benedetto: Douglas R. Anderson (Southern Illinois University- Carbondale).
59. cultural appropriation: James O. Young (University of Victoria).
D.
60. Danto, Arthur C.: David Novitz and Stephen Davies ( University of Canterbury- New Zealand; University of Auckland).
61. deconstruction: Stuart Sim (University of Sunderland).
62. definition of 'art': Kathleen Stock (University of Sussex).
63. Deleuze, Gilles: Nicholas Davey (University of Dundee).
64. depiction: Katerina Bantinaki (University of Crete).
65. Derrida, Jacques: Mary Bittner Wiseman (CUNY, Brooklyn College).
66. Dewey, John: Thomas M. Alexander (Southern Illinois University- Carbondale).
67. Dickie, George: Noël Carroll (City University of New York Graduate Center).
68. Dufrenne, Mikel: Wojciech Chojna and Irena Kocol.
E.
69. emotion: Malcolm Budd (University College of London, Emeritus).
70. erotic art and obscenity: Matthew Kieran (University of Leeds).
71. evolution, art, and aesthetics: Stephen Davies (Mcgill University).
72. expression: Derek Matravers (Open University).
73. expression theory: Derek Matravers (Open University).
F.
74. feminist aesthetics: Peg Zeglin Brand (Indiana University- Purdue University Indianapolis).
75. feminist criticism: Renée Lorraine and Peg Zeglin Brand (University of Tennessee- Chattanooga; Indiana University- Purdue University Indianapolis).
76. feminist standpoint aesthetics: A.W. Eaton (University of Illinois- Chicago).
77. fiction, nature of: Robert Stecker (Central Michigan University).
78. fiction, the paradox of responding to: Alex Neill (University of Southampton).
79. fiction, truth in: Paisley Livingston (Lingan University).
80. fictional entities: Diane Proudfoot (University of Canterbury, New Zealand).
81. forgery: Robert Hopkins (University of Sheffield).
82. formalism: Nick Zangwill (University of Durham).
83. Foucault, Michel: Robert Wicks (University of Auckland).
84. function of art: David Novitz (University of Canterbury- New Zealand).
G.
85. Gadamer, Hans-Georg: Robert Bernasconi (University of Memphis).
86. gardens: David E. Cooper (University of Durham).
87. genre: Andrew Harrison (University of Bristol).
88. Gombrich, Ernst: David E. Cooper (University of Durham).
89. Goodman, Nelson: Catherine Z. Elgin (Harvard Graduate School of Education).
H.
90. Hanslick, Eduard: Malcolm Budd (University College of London, Emeritus).
91. Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich: Gary Shapiro (University of Richmond).
92. Heidegger, Martin: Robert Bernasconi (University of Memphis).
93. hermeneutics: Joseph Margolis (Temple University).
94. horror: Amy Coplan (California Stae University- Fullerton).
95. Hume, David: Theodore Gracyk (Minnesota State University - Moorhead).
96. humor: John Lippitt (University of Hertfordshire).
97. Hutcheson, Francis: Peter Kivy (Rutgers University).
I.
98. iconoclasm and idolatry: David Freedberg (Columbia University).
99. illusion: Robert Hopkins (University of Sheffield).
100. imagination: Roger Scruton (Independent Scholar).
101. imaginative resistance: Tamar Szabó Gendler (Yale University).
102. implied Author - Peter Lamarque (University of York).
103. Indian aesthetics: Kalyan Sen Gupta (Jadavpur University).
104. ineffability: David E. Cooper (University of Durham).
105. Ingarden, Roman: Wojciech Chojna.
106. intention and interpretation: Colin Lyas and Robert Stecker (Independent Scholar; Central Michigan University)107. 'intentional fallacy': Colin Lyas and Robert Stecker (Independent Scholar; Central Michigan University).
108. interpretation: Joseph Margolis (Temple University).
109. interpretation, aims of: David Davies (Mcgill University).
110. irony: David E. Cooper (University of Durham).
111. Islamic aesthetics: Oliver Leaman (University of Kentucky).
J.
112. Japanese aesthetics: Yuriko Saito (Rhode Island School of Design).
K.
113. Kant, Immanuel: David Whewell (Independent Scholar).
114. Kierkegaard, Søren: Ann Loades (University of Durham).
115. kitsch: Kathleen Marie Higgins (University of Texas- Austin).
116. Kristeva, Julia: Laura Marcus (University of Edinburgh).
L.
117. Langer, Susanne: Thomas M. Alexander (Southern Illinois University- Carbondale).
118. Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim: Anthony Savile (King's College).
119. Lewis, C.I.: Paisley Livingston (Lingan University).
120. Lukács, Georg: Tom Rockmore (Duquesne University).
M.
121. Margolis, Joseph: Richard Shusterman (Florida Atlantic University).
122. Marxism and art: Tom Rockmore (Duquesne University).
123. mass art: Noël Carroll (City University of New York Graduate Center).
124. meaning constructivism: Robert Stecker (Central Michigan University).
125. Merleau-Ponty, Maurice: John J. Compton (Vanderbilt University, Emeritus).
126. metaphor: Samuel R. Levin (City University of New York).
127. modernism and postmodernism: Stuart Sim (University of Sunderland).
128. morality and art: Berys Gaut (University of St. Andrews).
129. museums: Paul Mattick (Adelphi University).
N.
130. narrative: Stein Haugom Olsen (University of Bergen).
131. Nietzsche, Friedrich (Wilhelm): Julian Young (University of Victoria).
132. notations: Stephen Davies (University of Auckland).
O.
133. objectivity and realism in aesthetics: Robert Hopkins (University of Sheffield).
134. ontological contextualism: Theodore Gracyk (Minnesota State University-Moorland).
135. ontology of artworks: Nicholas Wolterstorff (Yale University, Emeritus).
136. originality: George Bailey (East Carolina University).
P.
137. performance: Stephen Davies (University of Auckland).
138. performance art: David Davies (Mcgill University).
139. perspective: John Hyman (The Queen's College, Oxford).
140. picture perception: Katerina Bantinaki (University of Crete).
141. Plato: Stephen Halliwell (University of St. Andrews).
142. Plotinus: John Haldane (University of St. Andrews).
143. popular art: Richard Shusterman (Florida Atlantic University).
144. pornography: Bernard Williams (Corpus Christi College, Oxford).
145. pragmatist aesthetics: Richard Shusterman (Florida Atlantic University).
146. psychoanalysis and art: Kathleen Marie Higgins (University of Texas-Austin).
R.
147. race and aesthetics: Monique Roelofs (Hampshire College).
148. rasa: Kathleen Marie Higgins (University of Texas-Austin).
149. realism: John Hyman (The Queen's College, Oxford).
150. relativism: Nicholas Davey (University of Dundee).
151. religion and art: Robert Grant (University of Glasgow).
152. representation: Robert Hopkins (University of Sheffield).
153. Ruskin, John: Michael Wheeler (University of Southampton).
S.
154. Santayana, George: Morris Grossman (University of Fairfield, Emeritus).
155. Sartre, Jean-Paul: John J. Compton (Vanderbilt University, Emeritus).
156. Schelling, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von: Andrew Bowie (Royal Holloway, University of London).
157. Schiller, Friedrich von: Margaret Paton (Independent Scholar).
158. Schlegel, August Wilhelm von: Tom Rockmore (Duquesne University).
159. Schlegel, Friedrich von: Tom Rockmore (Duquesne University).
160. Schopenhauer, Arthur: Michael Tanner (Corpus Christi College, Cambridge).
161. science and art: Anthony O'Hear (University of Buckingham).
162. Scruton, Roger: Anthony O'Hear (University of Buckingham).
163. (the) senses and art: Robert Hopkins (University of Sheffield).
164. sentimentality: Deborah Knight (Queen's University, Ontario).
165. Shaftesbury, Lord: Dabney Townsend (Armstrong Atlantic State University).
166. Sibley, Frank Noel: Colin Lyas (Independent Scholar).
167. structuralism and poststructuralism: Stuart Sim (University of Sunderland).
168. style: Andrew Harrison (University of Bristol).
169. sublime: Mary Mothersill (Barnard College).
170. symbol: Charles Molesworth (Queen's College, City University of New York).
T.
171. taste: Robert Hopkins (University of Sheffield).
172. technology and art: John Andrew Fisher (University of Colorado- Boulder).
173. testimony in aesthetics: Robert Hopkins (University of Sheffield).
174. text: Richard Shusterman (Florida Atlantic University).
175. theories of art: Ronald W. Hepburn (University of Edinburgh, Emeritus).
176. Tolstoy, Leo: David Whewell (Independent Scholar).
177. tradition: Anthony O'Hear (University of Buckingham).
178. tragedy: Susan L. Feagin (Temple University).
179. truth in art: Eddy M. Zemach (Hebrew University).
U.
180. universals in art: Kathleen Marie Higgins (University of Texas-Austin).
W.
181. Wagner, Richard: Michael Tanner (Corpus Christi College, Cambridge).
182. Walton, Kendall L.: Alessandro Giovannelli (Lafayette College).
183. Wilde, Oscar: David E. Cooper (University of Durham).
184. Wittgenstein, Ludwig: Malcolm Budd (University College of London, Emeritus).
185. Wollheim, Richard: Malcolm Budd (University College of London, Emeritus)