Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Introduction 1
6. Dimensions of an Aesthetic Encounter 7
7. Energies of Objects 31
8. Quality and the Theory of Signs 55
9. Aesthetic Naturalism and the “Ways of Art” 83
10. Between Nature and Art 103
11. Pragmatism and the Challenge of a Cosmopolitan Aesthetics 139
12. Filling the Hole in Sense 167
13. References 187
14. Index 197