About the Author
Dabney Townsend is Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Humanities at the University of Texas at Arlington. He has written extensively in the field of aesthetics, particularly on the developments in aesthetics in the eighteenth century, and has recently edited Aesthetics: Classic Readings in Western Tradition (1996).
Features
* A comprehensive, systematic approach to the subject.
* Written for the philosophical novice.
* Includes an appendix containing the texts referred to in the book as well as further reading suggestions and a comprehensive glossary.