Author: William Warner Bishop
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 26
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Pamphlets and Reprints
Author: William Warner Bishop
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 26
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 26
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Catalogue of the Library of the Boston Athenæum
Author: Boston Athenaeum
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 680
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 680
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Catalogue of the Library of the Boston Athenaeum
Author: Boston Athenaeum
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 692
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 692
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Mind and Hand
Author: Julius Adams Stratton
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 9780262195249
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 830
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The intellectual heritage of MIT: an account of "the flow of ideas" about science and education that shaped the Institute as it emerged and that inspires it today. The motto on the seal of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "Mens et Manus" -- "mind and hand" -- signals the Institute's dedication to what MIT founder William Barton Rogers called "the most earnest cooperation of intelligent culture with industrial pursuits." Mind and Hand traces the ideas about science and education that have shaped MIT and defined its mission -- from the new science of the Enlightenment era and the ideals of representative democracy spurred by the Industrial Revolution to new theories on the nature and role of higher education in nineteenth-century America. MIT emerged in mid-century as an experiment in scientific and technical education, with its origins in the tension between these old and new ideas. Mind and Hand was undertaken by Julius Stratton after his retirement from the presidency of MIT and continued by Loretta Mannix after his death; Philip N. Alexander, of the MIT Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies, stepped in to complete the project. The combined efforts of these three authors have given us what Julius Stratton envisioned -- "a coherent account of the flow of ideas" from which MIT emerged.
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 9780262195249
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 830
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The intellectual heritage of MIT: an account of "the flow of ideas" about science and education that shaped the Institute as it emerged and that inspires it today. The motto on the seal of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "Mens et Manus" -- "mind and hand" -- signals the Institute's dedication to what MIT founder William Barton Rogers called "the most earnest cooperation of intelligent culture with industrial pursuits." Mind and Hand traces the ideas about science and education that have shaped MIT and defined its mission -- from the new science of the Enlightenment era and the ideals of representative democracy spurred by the Industrial Revolution to new theories on the nature and role of higher education in nineteenth-century America. MIT emerged in mid-century as an experiment in scientific and technical education, with its origins in the tension between these old and new ideas. Mind and Hand was undertaken by Julius Stratton after his retirement from the presidency of MIT and continued by Loretta Mannix after his death; Philip N. Alexander, of the MIT Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies, stepped in to complete the project. The combined efforts of these three authors have given us what Julius Stratton envisioned -- "a coherent account of the flow of ideas" from which MIT emerged.
Art and Knowledge
Author: James O. Young
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113451929X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 196
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Almost all of us would agree that the experience of art is deeply rewarding. Why this is the case remains a puzzle; nor does it explain why many of us find works of art much more important than other sources of pleasure. Art and Knowledge argues that the experience of art is so rewarding because it can be an important source of knowledge about ourselves and our relation to each other and to the world. The view that art is a source of knowledge can be traced as far back as Aristotle and Horace. Artists as various as Tasso, Sidney, Henry James and Mendelssohn have believed that art contributes to knowledge. As attractive as this view may be, it has never been satisfactorily defended, either by artists or philosophers. Art and Knowledge reflects on the essence of art and argues that it ought to provide insight as well as pleasure. It argues that all the arts, including music, are importantly representational. This kind of representation is fundamentally different from that found in the sciences, but it can provide insights as important and profound as available from the sciences. Once we recognise that works of art can contribute to knowledge we can avoid thorough relativism about aesthetic value and we can be in a position to evaluate the avant-garde art of the past 100 years. Art and Knowledge is an exceptionally clear and interesting, as well as controversial, exploration of what art is and why it is valuable. It will be of interest to all philosophers of art, artists and art critics.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113451929X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 196
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Almost all of us would agree that the experience of art is deeply rewarding. Why this is the case remains a puzzle; nor does it explain why many of us find works of art much more important than other sources of pleasure. Art and Knowledge argues that the experience of art is so rewarding because it can be an important source of knowledge about ourselves and our relation to each other and to the world. The view that art is a source of knowledge can be traced as far back as Aristotle and Horace. Artists as various as Tasso, Sidney, Henry James and Mendelssohn have believed that art contributes to knowledge. As attractive as this view may be, it has never been satisfactorily defended, either by artists or philosophers. Art and Knowledge reflects on the essence of art and argues that it ought to provide insight as well as pleasure. It argues that all the arts, including music, are importantly representational. This kind of representation is fundamentally different from that found in the sciences, but it can provide insights as important and profound as available from the sciences. Once we recognise that works of art can contribute to knowledge we can avoid thorough relativism about aesthetic value and we can be in a position to evaluate the avant-garde art of the past 100 years. Art and Knowledge is an exceptionally clear and interesting, as well as controversial, exploration of what art is and why it is valuable. It will be of interest to all philosophers of art, artists and art critics.
Raymond Cazallis Davis, 1836-1919
Author: William Warner Bishop
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Languages : en
Pages : 28
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Pages : 28
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The American Naturalist
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Languages : en
Pages : 1002
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Languages : en
Pages : 1002
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Catalogue ... 1807-1871
Author: Boston Mass, Athenaeum, libr
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Languages : en
Pages : 688
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Languages : en
Pages : 688
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Great Catalogue Sale of Valuable Books, comprising over 100,000 volumes, of rare and valuable works, on law, medicine, history, science, government, philosophy, theology, &c., belonging to the estate of the late Sylvanus G. Deeth, and embracing the collection of the late Geo. Templeman. To be sold at public auction ... Washington City ... Commencing ... the 20th day of March, 1860, etc
Author: Sylvanus G. DEETH
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Languages : en
Pages : 160
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Languages : en
Pages : 160
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Bulletin of Bibliography and Magazine Subject-index
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Category : American periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 180
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Category : American periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 180
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