Artifacts, art works and agency
This is the first philosophical study of artifacts that is book length. In it Randall Dipert develops a theory of what artifacts are and applies it extensively to one of the most complex and intriguing kind of artifacts, art works. He presents his own account of what agents, intentions, and actions...
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| 520 | 3 | |a This is the first philosophical study of artifacts that is book length. In it Randall Dipert develops a theory of what artifacts are and applies it extensively to one of the most complex and intriguing kind of artifacts, art works. He presents his own account of what agents, intentions, and actions are, then uses these notions to clarify what it is for an agent to "make" something. From this starting point, he develops a full theory of artifacts and other artificial things - and, especially, a theory of art works and performances of art works as artifacts. He proposes a theory of nature and of the value of nature as what is essentially nonartificial. Two chapters are devoted to value considerations: merit in artifacts generally, and the evaluation of art works and performance art as artifacts or intentional gestures. Believing that a developed theory of action and philosophy of mind is necessary for a developed aesthetics and philosophy of art, Dipert relies on classical and contemporary research on agency, actions, and intentions, and on the intentionalist theory of mental objects of Brentano and Meinong. Dipert considers artifacts to be physical entities, but he also includes in the definition thoughts, utterances, and performances. This vast category encompasses everyday household objects and tools, streets and edifices, as well as communicative and artistic artifacts. Especially with regard to artistic artifacts, Dipert proposes a theory of expression and communication as actions and extensively discusses the problems of interpreting and recognizing actions, artifacts, and art works. | |
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Autor: Dipert, Randall R.
Jahr: 1993
Contents
Preface xi
Chapter 1 Introduction 1
The Breadth of the Topic Artificial and Natural 1
The Utility of a Theory of Artifacts 4
The (Non-)history of Theories of Artifacts 7
The Definition of Artifact : First Attempt 11
Philosophical Presuppositions 18
Chapter 2 Instruments, Tools, and Artifacts 23
Instruments: Things Intentionally Used 23
Tools: Intentionally Modified Instruments 27
Artifacts Proper: Objects Intended
to Be Recognized as Tools 29
Artificial Things of All Sorts 33
Chapter 3 Agents, Intentions, and Action 38
Main Questions in Action Theory for
the Theory of Artifacts 40
?The Historical Nature of
Action-Theoretic Concepts 41
Structural and Historical Criteria for Action 43
Contemplating States, Activities, and Agents 46
Fully Intentional Actions,
Half-Intentional Ones: Habits 49
Other Unconscious Influences on Actions 51
Plans; Low-, Middle-, and High-Level Intentions 54
Chapter 4 Recognizing Actions and Artifacts
The Conceptualization and Attribution
of Action-Theoretic Notions 57
The Undero^ermination and Lack of Justification
for Many Attributions of Agency 57
VU
Contents
The Conceptualization and Attribution
of Action: A Single Case 61
Attributing Plans and Purposes to Agents 65
Recognizing Intentional Features in Events 69
Recognizing Intentional Properties
in Instruments and Tools 72
Chapter 5 Recognizing and Interpreting Artifacts 77
Underdetermination for Artifacts 77
Indicative Actions and Artifacrual Properties 83
Goals and Methodologies in
the Interpretation of Artifacts 87
The Rationality of Historical Inquiry
for Finding Best the Present Function 91
Hesitations About the Efficacy of Historical Inquiry 95
Another, Political, Reason for
the Disutility of Historical Inquiry 97
General Rules of Cognition and Their Rationality 99
Chapter 6 Communicative, Expressive, Artistic,
and Other Artifacts 102
Communicative and Expressive Artifacts 102
Classifying Artifacts: General Issues 105
Ordinary Useful Artifacts 107
Art Works 108
Conceiving of Objects as Art Works 112
Being an Art Work 114
An Alternative Definition of Art Work 116
Chapter 7 Toward a Metaphysics of Artifacts
Individuation, Identity Through Time,
and Group Agency 119
Deterioration and Restoration of Artifacts 121
Indirect Creation and Group Agency 126
The Individuation of Artifacts and Physical Objects 129
Peculiar Properties: Historical
and External Properties of Things 131
External Properties and Relations 134
Chapter 8 Evaluating Artifacts 136
Five Dimensions of Artifactual Value 138
The Details of Functional Failure:
Deficiencies in the Means-Ends Hierarchy 146
viii
Contents
Types of Failure in a Deliberative History 148
High-, Middle-, and Lowlevel
Intentions Behind Artifacts 150
A Mundane Example: A Good Chair 153
Evaluation of Agent and Interpreter 156
Chapter 9 Art Works as Artifacts
Special Considerations 158
Artifactual and Action-Theoretic
Reflections on Art Works 159
The Sensuous Versus the Abstract in Art 160
Are Art Works Platonic Complexes of Intentions? 164
The Identity and Individuation of An Works 166
Purposes of Art Works: Their Essential Obscurity 171
Specifying the Purposes of Art:
As Much as We Can Say 173
Chapter 10 The Purposes of Art Works 176
Emotional Expression and Communication
as Artistic Purposes 176
The Complex and Subtle Content
of Artistic Articulation 179
Obscurity, Success, and Artistic Evaluation 186
Purposes of Art Other Than Expression 188
Art Works as Historical and Cultural Objects 190
Chapter ll Performance Art Works 197
Performances as Artifacts 197
Artistic Performances 199
Three Puzzles About Artistic Performance 202
Performance as an Action-Theoretic Concept The Normative Aspects of Performance Applying the Philosophical Theory to Performances A Final Example of the Authenticity Problem: J. S. Bach Expanding the Issue of Authenticity 204 211 216 221 223
Chapter 12 Natural and Artificial
The Fateful and Obscure Contrast 224
Theories of Nature 224
The Crudity of the Contemporary Conception of Nature An Ecological-Philosophical Paradox The Complementarity of Nature and the Artificial World 228 231
IX
Contents
Saving the Experience of the Natural 232
Purposes of Agents, Purposes in Artifacts,
Purposes in Nature 236
The Uses of Nature. Interpretation-Free Zone
and Nature as Artifact 242
A Second Purpose of Nature: Otherworldly Agents 247
Bibliography 249
Index 263
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