TY - BOOK ID - 79437926 TI - Art and truth after Plato PY - 2013 SN - 9780226040028 9780226040165 022604016X 022604002X PB - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, DB - UniCat KW - Philosophy KW - Aesthetics of art KW - Aesthetics KW - Art KW - Imitation in art KW - Mimesis in art KW - Truthfulness and falsehood in art KW - Pictures KW - Appropriation (Art) KW - Beautiful, The KW - Beauty KW - Art and philosophy KW - Esthetics KW - Taste (Aesthetics) KW - Criticism KW - Literature KW - Proportion KW - Symmetry KW - Reproduction KW - Copying KW - Analysis, interpretation, appreciation KW - Psychology KW - Mimesis in art. KW - Imitation in art. KW - Truthfulness and falsehood in art. KW - Aesthetics. KW - Philosophy. KW - Radio broadcasting Aesthetics KW - philosophy, philosopher, famous person, well known, ancient, history, historical, argument, knowledge, artistic, answer, question, aesthetics, western, academic, scholarly, research, platonic, diverse, thinker, intellect, aristotle, poetics, medieval, christian, kant, critique, judgment, hegel, phenomenology, marxism, social realism, heidegger, falsehood, limits. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:79437926 AB - Despite its foundational role in the history of philosophy, Plato's famous argument that art does not have access to truth or knowledge is now rarely examined, in part because recent philosophers have assumed that Plato's challenge was resolved long ago. In Art and Truth after Plato, Tom Rockmore argues that Plato has in fact never been satisfactorily answered-and to demonstrate that, he offers a comprehensive account of Plato's influence through nearly the whole history of Western aesthetics. Rockmore offers a cogent reading of the post-Platonic aesthetic tradition as a series of responses to Plato's position, examining a stunning diversity of thinkers and ideas. He visits Aristotle's Poetics, the medieval Christians, Kant's Critique of Judgment, Hegel's phenomenology, Marxism, social realism, Heidegger, and many other works and thinkers, ending with a powerful synthesis that lands on four central aesthetic arguments that philosophers have debated. More than a mere history of aesthetics, Art and Truth after Plato presents a fresh look at an ancient question, bringing it into contemporary relief. ER -