Art and Interpretation Interpretation in art refers to the attribution of meaning to a work. A point on which people often disagree is whether the artist’s or author’s intention is relevant to the interpretation of the work. In the Anglo-American analytic philosophy of art, views about interpretation branch into two major camps: intentionalism and anti-intentionalism, with an initial focus on one art, namely literature. IL

Theories of Emotion There are different theories of emotion to explain what emotions are and how they operate. This is challenging, since emotions can be analyzed from many different perspectives. In un certo senso, emotions are sophisticated and subtle, the epitome of what make us human. In another sense, Tuttavia, human emotions seem to be very similar to (if not the same as) the responses that

Modal Metaphysics Modal metaphysics concerns the metaphysical underpinning of our modal statements. These are statements about what is possible or what is necessarily so. We can construe the primary question of modal metaphysics as, “When we make a statement about what is possible or necessary, what determines the truth or falsity of the statement?” As an illustration, consider the statement “It is possible for me

Emmanuel Kant: Aesthetics Immanuel Kant is an 18th century German philosopher whose work initated dramatic changes in the fields of epistemology, metafisica, etica, estetica, e teleologia. Like many Enlightenment thinkers, he holds our mental faculty of reason in high esteem; he believes that it is our reason that invests the world we experience with structure. In his works on aesthetics and teleology, he argues that

I nuovi atei I nuovi atei sono autori di libri dell'inizio del XXI secolo che promuovono l'ateismo. Questi autori includono Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, Daniele Dennett, e Christopher Hitchens. L’etichetta di “Nuovo Ateo” per questi critici della religione e del credo religioso è emersa dai commenti giornalistici sui contenuti e sull’impatto dei loro libri. Un'osservazione standard è che gli autori nuovi atei mostrano un livello insolitamente alto di