2010-02-16
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Philosophy of Art
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Derek AllanAustralian National University
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Hi David
Thanks for the reference. I shall see if I can track it down.
I should explain that my comment on duende was meant a little flippantly. I didn't really want to suggest that one could answer "what is art?" with "art is duende". In part I was taking the opportunity to have another dig at the "art is beauty" thesis - one of my pet aversions. (But it's a thesis that dies so hard! Scruton has a newish book on it that I keep seeing in bookshops and, at the other end of the philosophical spectrum, I even stumbled on a recent book by Jean-Luc Nancy where he trots out the same old warhorse. And there are legions of others.)
I'll be in contact off list about the research idea.
DA
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