Abstract
This essay takes Arthur Danto's end-of-art thesis as a case in point of a substantive philosophy of history. Such philosophy explains the direction that art has taken and why that direction could not have been different. Danto never scrutinized the philosophy of history that his end-of-art thesis presumes. I aim to do that by drawing a distinction between what I refer to as the common view of history and the philosophical view of history, and by arguing that we need the latter if we want to properly assess the plausibility of the end-of-art thesis.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 235-256 |
Number of pages | 22 |
Journal | Journal of the Philosophy of History |
Volume | 13 |
Issue number | 2 |
Early online date | 21 Jun 2019 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Keywords
- Aesthetics
- Art history
- Arthur Danto
- End of art
- Philosophical view of history
- Substantive philosophy of history