Stephen Davies is a Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Auckland. A former president of the American Society for Aesthetics, he is the author of several books, including The Artful Species (2012), Philosophical Perspectives on Art (2007), and Themes in the Philosophy of Music (2003).

• List of Figures viPreface viiAcknowledgments x1 Evolution and Culture 12 Defining Art 243 Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art 494 Varieties of Art 805 Interpretation 1066 Expression and Emotional Responses 1317 Pictorial Representation and the Visual Arts 1618 The Value of Art 193Index 225

Stephen Davies is a Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Auckland. A former president of the American Society for Aesthetics, he is the author of several books, including The Artful Species (2012), Philosophical Perspectives on Art (2007), and Themes in the Philosophy of Music (2003).

• List of Figures viPreface viiAcknowledgments x1 Evolution and Culture 12 Defining Art 243 Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art 494 Varieties of Art 805 Interpretation 1066 Expression and Emotional Responses 1317 Pictorial Representation and the Visual Arts 1618 The Value of Art 193Index 225

Stephen Davies is a Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Auckland. A former president of the American Society for Aesthetics, he is the author of several books, including The Artful Species (2012), Philosophical Perspectives on Art (2007), and Themes in the Philosophy of Music (2003).

• List of Figures viPreface viiAcknowledgments x1 Evolution and Culture 12 Defining Art 243 Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art 494 Varieties of Art 805 Interpretation 1066 Expression and Emotional Responses 1317 Pictorial Representation and the Visual Arts 1618 The Value of Art 193Index 225