Arthur C. Danto

In Dematteis Philip B. & McHenry Leemon B. (eds.), Dictionary of Literary Biography. Bruccoli-Clark. pp. 39-48 (2003)
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Abstract

Throughout his lengthy career Arthur Danto made significant and original contributions to action theory, historical narrative, and epistemology. He became best known however for his work as an art critic in the Nation, Artnews and elsewhere, and for his philosophical publications on art theory, beginning with his early (1964) article “The Artworld.” In fact, Danto’s views on art are emblematic of his overall philosophy: he managed to reconcile conflicting philosophical sensibilities without short-schrifting them. He appreciates both Hegel and postmodernism, but his own philosophy is a good deal less radical than most postmodernisms in that he denies that philosophy is a radically historicist enterprise.

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Borough of Manhattan Community College (CUNY)

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