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1、artandintentionaphilosophicalstudyDotheartist’sintentionshaveanythingtodowiththemakingandappreciationofworksofart?InArtandIntention,PaisleyLivingstondevelopsabroadandbalancedperspectiveonperennialdisputesbetweenintentionalistsandanti-intentionalistsinphilosophic
2、alaestheticsandcriticaltheory.Hesurveysandassessesawiderangeofrivalassumptionsaboutthenatureofintentionsandthestatusofintentionalistpsychology.Withdetailedreferencetoexamplesfromdiversemedia,artforms,andtraditions,hedemonstratesthatinsightsintothemultiplefunctio
3、nsofintentionshaveimportantimplicationsforourunderstand-ingofartisticcreationandauthorship,theontologyofart,conceptionsoftexts,works,andversions,basicissuespertainingtothenatureoffictionandfictionaltruth,andthetheoryofartinterpretationandappreciation.Livingstona
4、rguesthatneithertheinspirationistnorrationalisticcon-ceptionscancapturetheblendingofdeliberateandintentional,sponta-neous,andunintentionalprocessesinthecreationofart.Texts,works,andartisticstructuresandperformancescannotbeadequatelyindivid-uatedintheabsenceofare
5、cognitionoftherelevantmakers’intentions.Thedistinctionbetweencompleteandincompleteworksreceivesanaction-theoreticanalysisthatmakespossibleanelucidationofseveraldifferentsensesof‘fragment’incriticaldiscourse.Livingstondevelopsanaccountofauthorship,contendingthatt
6、herecognitionofintentionsisinfactcrucialtoourunderstandingofdiverseformsofcollectiveart-making.Anartist’sshort-termintentionsandlong-termplansandpoliciesinteractincomplexwaysintheemergenceofanartisticoeuvre,andouruptakeofsuchattitudesmakesanimportantdifferenceto
7、ourappreciationoftherelationsbetweenitemsbelongingtoasinglelife-work.TheintentionalismLivingstonadvocatesis,however,apartialone,andaccommodatesanumberofimportantanti-intentionalistcontentions.Intentionsarefallible,andworksofart,likeotherartefacts,canbeputtoabewi
8、lderingdiversityofuses.Yetsomeimportantaspectsofart’smeaningandvaluearelinkedtotheartist’saimsandactivities.ThispageintentionallyleftblankARTANDINTENTIONAphilosophica