Derek Matravers is Lecturer in Philosophy at the Open University, and was previously a Research Fellow at Cambridge University, where he continues to teach philosophy.

a rich and carefully developed set of positions on topics central to aesthetics.

• 1. Introduction ; 2. The Emotions ; 3. 'Fearing Fictions' ; 4. Engaging Fictions ; 5. Causal Stories ; 6. Expression and Metaphor ; 7. The Cognitive Theory ; 8. Defending the Arousal Theory ; 9. The Musical Experience ; 10. Belief and Experience ; 11. Creation and Criticism ; Bibliography, Index

Derek Matravers is Lecturer in Philosophy at the Open University, and was previously a Research Fellow at Cambridge University, where he continues to teach philosophy.

a rich and carefully developed set of positions on topics central to aesthetics.

• 1. Introduction ; 2. The Emotions ; 3. 'Fearing Fictions' ; 4. Engaging Fictions ; 5. Causal Stories ; 6. Expression and Metaphor ; 7. The Cognitive Theory ; 8. Defending the Arousal Theory ; 9. The Musical Experience ; 10. Belief and Experience ; 11. Creation and Criticism ; Bibliography, Index

Derek Matravers is Lecturer in Philosophy at the Open University, and was previously a Research Fellow at Cambridge University, where he continues to teach philosophy.

a rich and carefully developed set of positions on topics central to aesthetics.

• 1. Introduction ; 2. The Emotions ; 3. 'Fearing Fictions' ; 4. Engaging Fictions ; 5. Causal Stories ; 6. Expression and Metaphor ; 7. The Cognitive Theory ; 8. Defending the Arousal Theory ; 9. The Musical Experience ; 10. Belief and Experience ; 11. Creation and Criticism ; Bibliography, Index