For Americans of my generation doing philosophical aesthetics, Arthur Danto (1924-2013) was the key figure. He became famous because he offered a system defining art and linking it to other activities. But then what comes next? How, I am asking, will scholars build upon his achievement? Me, I would nominate for the role of his More

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