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Challenges of Philosophical Art

This paper is concerned with the connection between art, in particular literature and film, and philosophy. My basic question is how to understand claims such as the one made by literary critic in reference to Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Minister’s Black Veil, when he proclaims that “in this tale and in others Hawthorne tests the proposition that human identity is contingent and circumstantial, rather than an inherent essence – that is, not identity at all”. These kinds of claims, which not only see art as coming together with knowledge seeking disciplines but as capable of philosophizing, raise the question of whether there is a category of philosophical art. Drawing an analogy with religious, pornographic and erotic art, I offer an array of challenges that philosophical art sets to aestheticians, the crucial of which is determining whether or how a work of art is or can be philosophical. My crucial concern is showing how the fact that an artwork is in some sense philosophical has implications for the identity of that artwork. After discussing some scepticism regarding the possibility of philosophical art, I proceed to show how this concern relates to artwork’s interpretation and appreciation, as well as for our understanding of arts and philosophy

Art, philosophy, cultural practice

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