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Auteur(s) : Korsmeyer, Carolyn (1950-....)
Titre(s) : Things [Texte imprimé] : in touch with the past / Carolyn Korsmeyer
Publication : New York (N.Y) : Oxford university press, copyright 2019
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (x-218 p.) ; 22 cm
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. [199]-210. Notes bibliogr. Index
Things: In Touch with the Past explores the value of artifacts that have survived
from the past and that can be said to "embody" their histories. Such genuine or "real"
things afford a particular kind of aesthetic experience-an encounter with the past-despite
the fact that genuineness is not a perceptually detectable property. Although it often
goes unnoticed, the sense of touch underlies such encounters, even though one is often
not permitted literal touch. 0Carolyn Korsmeyer begins her account with the claim
that wonder or marvel at old things fits within an "experiential" account of the aesthetic.
She then presents her main argument regarding the role of touch-both when literal
contact is made and when proximity suffices, for touch is a fundamental sense that
registers bodily position and location. Correct understanding of the identity of objects
is presumed when one values things just because of what they are, and with discovery
that a mistake has been made, admiration is often withdrawn. Far from undermining
the importance of the genuine, these errors of identification confirm it. Korsmeyer
elaborates this position with a comparison between valuing artifacts and valuing persons.
She also considers the ethical issues of genuineness, for artifacts can be harmed
in various ways ranging from vandalism to botched restoration. She examines the differences
between a real thing and a replica in detail, making it clear that genuineness comes
in degrees. Her final chapter reviews the ontology that best suits an account of persistence
over time of things that are valued for being the real thing
Sujet(s) : Philosophie de la technique
Authenticité (philosophie)
Toucher
Indice(s) Dewey :
128 (23e éd.) = Le genre humain
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780190904876. - ISBN 0190904879. - ISBN 9780190904890 (erroné). - ISBN 9780190904906
(erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45810451r
Notice n° :
FRBNF45810451
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Table des matières : 1. Touch and the genuine ; 2. Tarnished halos ; 3. Mistaken identities ; 4. Loss
and rescue, help and harm ; 5. Relics, remnants, and scrap.
