Abstract

A rejoinder to margolis's "problems of contemporary aesthetics," this article reviews the distinction between the moral and the aesthetic, The differences in the conception of the subject matter, Alternative understandings of the analogy between art and language, And the historical derivations of the diverse extant paradigms of aesthetics today. It calls for a return of philosophical aesthetics to the study of art, And for a reconsideration of views about the nature of communication, Language and symbolism in relation to action and expression; and provides a few bibliographical leads