Topic · Ethics, Aesthetics, and Art
Most cited papers in Ethics, Aesthetics, and Art
What are the most cited papers in Ethics, Aesthetics, and Art?
The most cited paper in Ethics, Aesthetics, and Art is "The Body in the Mind: The Bodily Basis of Meaning, Imagination, and Reason" (R. Jay Wallace, 1988), with 1,521 citations. Next come "Antagonism and Relational Aesthetics" (990) and "The Fate of Place: A Philosophical History" (968).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 59 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Body in the Mind: The Bodily Basis of Meaning, Imagination, and Reason R. Jay Wallace · Philosophical Books | Oct 1988 | 1,521 |
| 2 | Antagonism and Relational Aesthetics Claire Bishop · October | Oct 2004 | 990 |
| 3 | The Fate of Place: A Philosophical History Miles Richardson · American Anthropologist | Mar 1998 | 968 |
| 4 | The Body in the Mind: The Bodily Basis of Meaning, Imagination, and Reason Mark Henry Johnson · Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism | 1989 | 558 |
| 5 | III-Faultless Disagreement Max Kölbel · Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society (Hardback) | Jun 2004 | 327 |
| 6 | The Wheel of Virtue: Art, Literature, and Moral Knowledge Noël Carroll · Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism | Feb 2002 | 256 |
| 7 | How We Understand Art: A Cognitive Development Account of Aesthetic Experience Ralph Alexander Smith, Michael J. Parsons · British Journal of Educational Studies | Nov 1991 | 236 |
| 8 | Contemporary Debates in Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art L. Gregory Jones · The British Journal of Aesthetics | Jul 2006 | 225 |
| 9 | Beyond aesthetics philosophical essays Noël Carroll | 2001 | 219 |
| 10 | Artist of Dissonance: Albrecht Wellmer and Critical Theory Axel Honneth · Constellations | 31 Aug 2007 | 211 |
| 11 | Being for Beauty: Aesthetic Agency and Value Alex King · The British Journal of Aesthetics | 4 Mar 2019 | 200 |
| 12 | Art, narrative, and moral understanding Noël Carroll · Cambridge University Press eBooks | 13 Jan 1998 | 193 |
| 13 | Subject and Object in the Contents of Visual Experience Susanna Siegel · The Philosophical Review | Jul 2006 | 191 |
| 14 | Deceit, Desire, and the Novel: Self and Other in Literary Structure David G. Halliburton, René Girard, Yvonne Freccero · Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism | 1968 | 188 |
| 15 | On bullshit in cultural policy practice and research: notes from the British case Eleonora Belfiore · International Journal of Cultural Policy | Aug 2009 | 176 |
| 16 | Philosophy of the Arts: An Introduction to Aesthetics Gordon Graham | 6 Nov 1997 | 176 |
| 17 | THE VICE OF SNOBBERY: AESTHETIC KNOWLEDGE, JUSTIFICATION AND VIRTUE IN ART APPRECIATION Matthew Kieran · The Philosophical Quarterly | 10 Feb 2009 | 170 |
| 18 | Against Ethical Criticism Richard A. Posner · Philosophy and literature | Apr 1997 | 168 |
| 19 | The Philosophy of Motion Pictures Thomas E. Wartenberg · The British Journal of Aesthetics | 2009 | 167 |
| 20 | MODERATE MORALISM N. Carroll · The British Journal of Aesthetics | Jul 1996 | 163 |
| 21 | Autonomy and Aesthetic Engagement C. Thi Nguyen · Mind | Aug 2019 | 163 |
| 22 | Art as an Essentially Contested Concept W. B. Gallie · The Philosophical Quarterly | Apr 1956 | 158 |
| 23 | Aesthetics and Ethics: Essays at the Intersection Marcia Muelder Eaton, Jerrold Levinson · Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism | 2000 | 157 |
| 24 | Persuasive advertising, autonomy, and the creation of desire Roger Crisp · Journal of Business Ethics | Jul 1987 | 148 |
| 25 | The Tonya Harding controversy: An analysis of image restoration strategies William Lyon Benoit, Robert S. Hanczor · Communication Quarterly | Sep 1994 | 146 |
| 26 | Toward Wide-Awakeness: An Argument for the Arts and Humanities in Education Maxine Greene · Teachers College Record The Voice of Scholarship in Education | Oct 1977 | 146 |
| 27 | Puzzling over the Imagination: Philosophical Problems, Architectural Solutions Jonathan M. Weinberg, Aaron Meskin | 7 Sep 2006 | 143 |
| 28 | Contemporary Aesthetics. Colin Lyas, R. A. Sharpe · The Philosophical Quarterly | Oct 1984 | 139 |
| 29 | WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? Derek Matravers · Ratio | Jun 1991 | 136 |
| 30 | On Not Expecting Too Much from Narrative Peter Lamarque · Mind & Language | 12 Aug 2004 | 133 |
| 31 | The Experiential Account of Aesthetic Value Alan H. Goldman · Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism | Jun 2006 | 131 |
| 32 | MAKING AN IMPRESSION: REPLICATION AND THE ONTOLOGY OF THE GRAECO‐ROMAN SEAL STONE Verity Platt · Art History | Apr 2006 | 131 |
| 33 | Everyday Aesthetics: Prosaics, the Play of Culture and Social Identities Yuriko Saito · The British Journal of Aesthetics | 27 Sep 2008 | 124 |
| 34 | Kant on the normativity of taste: The role of aesthetic ideas Andrew Chignell · Australasian Journal of Philosophy | Sep 2007 | 120 |
| 35 | The Cluster Account of Art Defended Berys Gaut · The British Journal of Aesthetics | 2 Jun 2005 | 117 |
| 36 | Aesthetic Experience and Aesthetic Value Robert Stecker · Philosophy Compass | 2006 | 117 |
| 37 | Dialogic ethics and the virtue of humor Sammy Basu · Journal of Political Philosophy | Dec 1999 | 116 |
| 38 | The feels good theory of pleasure Aaron Smuts · Philosophical Studies | 24 May 2010 | 113 |
| 39 | Aesthetic hedonism and its critics Servaas van der Berg · Philosophy Compass | 18 Dec 2019 | 109 |
| 40 | Superiority in Humor Theory Sheila Lintott · Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism | Oct 2016 | 106 |
| 41 | The Glass is Half Empty: A New Argument for Pessimism about Aesthetic Testimony Daniel Whiting · The British Journal of Aesthetics | 2015 | 102 |
| 42 | Towards A Virtue Theory of Art Peter D. Goldie · The British Journal of Aesthetics | Oct 2007 | 102 |
| 43 | On Liking Aesthetic Value Keren Gorodeisky · Philosophy and Phenomenological Research | 17 Sep 2019 | 101 |
| 44 | Art and Negative Affect Aaron Smuts · Philosophy Compass | 2009 | 99 |
| 45 | Aesthetic testimony, understanding and virtue Alison Hills · Noûs | 2 Jul 2020 | 96 |
| 46 | Thick Concepts Debbie Roberts · Philosophy Compass | Aug 2013 | 96 |
| 47 | On the contribution of literature and the arts to the educational cultivation of moral virtue, feeling and emotion David Carr · Journal of Moral Education | Jun 2005 | 95 |
| 48 | Artworks and real things Arthur Coleman Danto · Theoria | Apr 1973 | 93 |
| 49 | Neutrality, Publicity, and State Funding of the Arts Harry Brighouse · Philosophy & Public Affairs | 1995 | 92 |
| 50 | Ends and means of experimental aesthetics. D. E. Berlyne · Canadian Journal of Psychology/Revue Canadienne de Psychologie | Dec 1972 | 91 |
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