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The Moral and Cognitive Value of Art
Baccarini, Elvio
Czerny Urban, Milica
2013
Abstract
This paper is about the notions of the artistic, aesthetic, cognitive and moral value of art and their (possible) interconnectedness. The main concern is to try to advocate the cognitivist claim about the artistic value of artworks’ contribution to the advance of knowledge, as well as for the relevance of the moral dimension for artistic value. This is a discussion of the intersection of the debate about moral and aesthetic value. The central part of the paper is focused on a debate with Peter Lamarque. The problem of immoral art-works and their cognitive value is discussed at the end of this paper in order to show that they are counterexamples of the thesis of artistic relevance of the moral dimension.
Series
Etica & Politica / Ethics & Politics
XV (2013) 1
Publisher
EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste
Source
Elvio Baccarini, Milica Czerny Urban, "The Moral and Cognitive Value of Art", in: Etica & Politica / Ethics & Politics, XV (2013) 1, pp. 474-505.
Languages
it
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