Art and Existence: Reflections on Paul Weiss's Modal Philosophy of Art

Review of Metaphysics 25 (Supplement):71 - 93 (1972)
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According to the modal philosophy the many different arts serve to acknowledge and promote the career and value of existence. Architecture does not exist primarily because men need shelter, nor sculpture because men have hands, nor painting because they have eyes. Neither do story, poetry and theatre arise because men speak, nor music because they hear, nor dance because men leap. The arts are surrogates, embodiments and representatives of the mighty power of existence.

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