Art and meaning in life

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dc.contributor.advisor MacNamara, M.R.H.
dc.contributor.postgraduate Wood, Egerton Agars
dc.date.accessioned 2017-04-05T06:00:06Z
dc.date.available 2017-04-05T06:00:06Z
dc.date.created 1976
dc.date.issued 1976
dc.description Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 1976. en_ZA
dc.description.abstract The two questions : "What is the point of life?" and "What is the point of art?" are complex. There is some confusion about what is meant by the first question and what sort of answer or answers we can reasonably expect. There is also considerable disagreement on what is the function of art. The Formalists claim that the work of art is autonomous and the aesthetic experience disinterested. Other writers on art suggest that art enables us to reflect upon the meanings of existence. Although there are many facets to works of art, is the search for significance, the attempt to find meaning in life one of their functions? My main concern will be with this question. en_ZA
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dc.description.degree MA en_ZA
dc.description.department Philosophy en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation Wood, EA 1976, Art and meaning in life, MA Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/59660> en_ZA
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/59660
dc.language.iso en en_ZA
dc.publisher University of Pretoria en_ZA
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dc.subject UCTD en_ZA
dc.title Art and meaning in life en_ZA
dc.type Dissertation en_ZA


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