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Ontological Theories of and Definitions for Works of Art

THESIS TOPIC PROPOSAL

Institute: Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest
philosophy
Doctoral School of Philosophy

Thesis supervisor: Tibor Bárány
belső konzulens: Zsófia Zvolenszky
Location of studies (in Hungarian): ELTE BTK
Abbreviation of location of studies: ELTE


Description of the research topic:

What kind of thing is a work of art? (Artworks as particulars: physical particulars or sets of physical particulars (Goodman), mereological sums (Caplan–Matheson), particular token events (Davies), abstract particulars (Dilworth), mental objects (Collingwood), “abstract artefacts” (Thomasson), “high-level” particulars (Rohrbaugh); artworks as universals: Platonic universals (Kivy, S. Davies, Wolterstorff), Aristotelian universals (Wollheim); event-types (Currie).) Is it possible to formulate a viable revisionary theory of art (Thomasson, Dodd)? Can we provide a general definition of art, containing all the sufficient and necessary conditions of artworks (Danto)?

Required language skills: english
Further requirements: 
Legalább 1 korábbi analitikus metafizika témájú kurzus elvégzése.

Number of students who can be accepted: 1

Deadline for application: 2017-04-21


2024. IV. 17.
ODT ülés
Az ODT következő ülésére 2024. június 14-én, pénteken 10.00 órakor kerül sor a Semmelweis Egyetem Szenátusi termében (Bp. Üllői út 26. I. emelet).

 
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