Bøker av Graham McFee

ON AESTHETICS presents a collection of papers and presentations on abiding issues in philosophical aesthetics. The volume addresses topics other than those on which McFee has published extensively - the aesthetics of dance, the aesthetics of Wittgenstein, and the aesthetics of sport. These include the notion of meaning in music (where some ideas from Peter Kivy loom large); the nature of artistic interest; the character of depiction in painting; artistic appreciation and reasoning in aesthetics; as well as discussions of R.G. Collingwood and Kant. ON AESTHETICS includes some of McFee's earliest publications and recent presentations, offering works McFee regards as advancing discussion and making points worthy of consideration, as well as being informative regarding the development of his views and concerns.. Approximately half are previously unpublished, and the remainder have been revised for this volume.

In this work Graham McFee offers an original contribution to debates concerning the nature, scope, and purpose of dance for young people, defending a view of the distinctiveness of dance education based on recognising dance as an artistic activity. Although centrally a contribution to philosophical investigation, this text should be essential reading for all student student dance teachers and those interested in the place of dance in the curriculum.

Recent decades have seen attacks on philosophy as an irrelevant field of inquiry when compared with science.

Argues that the high-level research into sport requires a rationale for one's methodological choices, and that such a rationale requires an understanding of the connection between the practicalities of researching sport and the philosophical assumptions which underpin them.

This title presents a philosophical perspective on some issues concerning the character of sport. Central questions for the text are motivated from real life sporting examples as described in newspaper reports.

By focusing on the work of a number of major choreographers, companies and critics, McFee explores the nature of our understanding of dance. He provides detailed insights into the nature and appreciation of art.