TY - JOUR

T1 - Percevoir l'expression emotionelle dans les object inanimés

AU - Todd, Cain Samuel

PY - 2012

Y1 - 2012

N2 - Amongst inanimate objects, it is generally accepted that at least some art forms, such as music and painting, are capable of being genuinely expressive of emotion, even though it is difficult to understand exactly how. In contrast, although expressive properties can be attributed to non-artworks, such as natural objects or wine, it has often been claimed that such objects cannot be genuinely expressive. Focussing on wine, I argue that once we understand properly the nature of expressiveness, if we allow that music can be expressive there is no good reason to withold the ability to be genuinely expressive from wine.

AB - Amongst inanimate objects, it is generally accepted that at least some art forms, such as music and painting, are capable of being genuinely expressive of emotion, even though it is difficult to understand exactly how. In contrast, although expressive properties can be attributed to non-artworks, such as natural objects or wine, it has often been claimed that such objects cannot be genuinely expressive. Focussing on wine, I argue that once we understand properly the nature of expressiveness, if we allow that music can be expressive there is no good reason to withold the ability to be genuinely expressive from wine.

U2 - 10.1017/S0012217312000273

DO - 10.1017/S0012217312000273

M3 - Journal article

VL - 51

SP - 129

EP - 139

JO - Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review

JF - Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review

SN - 0012-2173

IS - 1

ER -