Peter Lamarque is Professor of Philosophy at the University of York. He joined the Department of Philosophy in 2000. Prior to that, he was Ferens Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hull and Head of the Philosophy Department between 1995 and 2000. He was a lecturer and then senior lecturer at the University of Stirling between 1972 and 1995. From 1995 to 2008 he was Editor of the British Journal of Aesthetics.

All of the writings are scholarly and articulate, and the book they together compose would make a fine addition to any thinkers library.

• Preface ; 1. Introduction ; 2. On Bringing a Work into Existence ; 3. Work and Object ; 4. Distinctness and Indiscernibility in the Allographic Arts ; 5. Aesthetic Essentialism ; 6. Aesthetic Empiricism ; 7. Imitating Style ; 8. Objects of Interpretation ; 9. How to Create a Fictional Character ; 10. Art, Ontology and the End of Nausea ; 11. On Perceiving Conceptual Art

Peter Lamarque is Professor of Philosophy at the University of York. He joined the Department of Philosophy in 2000. Prior to that, he was Ferens Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hull and Head of the Philosophy Department between 1995 and 2000. He was a lecturer and then senior lecturer at the University of Stirling between 1972 and 1995. From 1995 to 2008 he was Editor of the British Journal of Aesthetics.

All of the writings are scholarly and articulate, and the book they together compose would make a fine addition to any thinkers library.

• Preface ; 1. Introduction ; 2. On Bringing a Work into Existence ; 3. Work and Object ; 4. Distinctness and Indiscernibility in the Allographic Arts ; 5. Aesthetic Essentialism ; 6. Aesthetic Empiricism ; 7. Imitating Style ; 8. Objects of Interpretation ; 9. How to Create a Fictional Character ; 10. Art, Ontology and the End of Nausea ; 11. On Perceiving Conceptual Art

Peter Lamarque is Professor of Philosophy at the University of York. He joined the Department of Philosophy in 2000. Prior to that, he was Ferens Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hull and Head of the Philosophy Department between 1995 and 2000. He was a lecturer and then senior lecturer at the University of Stirling between 1972 and 1995. From 1995 to 2008 he was Editor of the British Journal of Aesthetics.

All of the writings are scholarly and articulate, and the book they together compose would make a fine addition to any thinkers library.

• Preface ; 1. Introduction ; 2. On Bringing a Work into Existence ; 3. Work and Object ; 4. Distinctness and Indiscernibility in the Allographic Arts ; 5. Aesthetic Essentialism ; 6. Aesthetic Empiricism ; 7. Imitating Style ; 8. Objects of Interpretation ; 9. How to Create a Fictional Character ; 10. Art, Ontology and the End of Nausea ; 11. On Perceiving Conceptual Art