Respond fully and succinctly to any 3 of the following prompts (approximately 1 typed page for each should be adequate):
1. What is Nehamas' conception of beauty; and on what basis does Tolstoy reject it?
2. What is Tolstoy's theory of the nature of art; and what are its strengths and limitations?
3. Is Weitz correct when he claims, following Wittgenstein's attempt to define games, that "there can be no logical basis for (classically) defining art?
4. Identify the strengths and limitations of Carlson's model of full aesthetic appreciation for nature (the "natural environmental view").
5. What kind of experience gives rise to art, in Dewey's view?
Due: October 7, in class.
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