JAAC - The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism

volume 66 number 1 (winter 2008)

The 2009 John Fisher Memorial Prize

Notes from the Editor

 

articles

Aesthetic Obligations
marcia muelder eaton
1

In and Out: The Dynamics of Imagination in the Engagement with Narratives
alessandro giovannelli
11

Scratching an Itch
sherri irvin
25

The Instrumentality of Music
philip alperson
37

The Intentionality of Judgments of Taste in Kant's Critique of Judgment
joseph cannon
53

When Is a Work of Art Finished?
darren hudson hick
67

Reflections on Comic Reconciliations: Ethics, Memory, and Anxious Happy Endings
michael j. meyer
77

 

book reviews

Peter Kivy, The Performance of Reading: An Essay in the Philosophy of Literature
Reviewed by david davies
89

Daniel J. Levitin, This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession
Reviewed by jenefer robinson
91

Alvin Goldman, Simulating Minds: The Philosophy, Psychology, and Neuroscience of Mindreading
Reviewed by amy coplan
94

David Joselit, Feedback: Television against Democracy
Reviewed by clark buckner
97

Stephen Benson, Literary Music: Writing Music in Contemporary Fiction
Reviewed by anthony gritten
99

Hilde Hein, Public Art: Thinking Museums Differently
Reviewed by jonathan neufeld
102

Alain de Botton, The Architecture of Happiness
Reviewed by larry shiner
105

Peter Jones, Ove Arup: Masterbuilder of the Twentieth Century
Reviewed by timothy h. engström
106