Introduction

what is philosophy of art?

1-12

The imitation theory

15-35

Expression theories

37-60

Formalism

61-86

Art as a synthesis of form and expression

87-109

Aesthetic judgment

the legacy of Kant

111-135

"The end of art"

the contemporary interest in Hegel

139-165

Art and society

a neomarxist perspective

167-193

The phenomenological perspective

197-228

The modern version of formalism

the semiotic point of view

229-247

The post-structuralist perspective

249-293

Epilogue

Herbert Spiegelberg

295-299