the way it's not a philosophy paper at all, it is a paper for failed literary critics
ah, yes, sorry, in retrospect this may have been why I liked it so much. I was really never any good at actual philosophy...
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difficult cases for definitions/ontology of art, forgery, etc:
fairy tales (not Grimm's or Andersen's, but those which are told and re-told like mythology with some necessary elements yet much wide variance). beat poetry. fan fiction. homer. found art. John Cage's 4'33" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4%E2%80%B233%E2%80%B3).
how about the "exquisite corpse" - a poem which is written, like a game of consequences, by a group of people who can only see the very last line written by the person before them?
let me know if i can dig out any notes and give any more concrete examples tailored to particular questions. mostly i focussed on ontology, forgery, and morality.
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ah, yes, sorry, in retrospect this may have been why I liked it so much. I was really never any good at actual philosophy...
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difficult cases for definitions/ontology of art, forgery, etc:
fairy tales (not Grimm's or Andersen's, but those which are told and re-told like mythology with some necessary elements yet much wide variance). beat poetry. fan fiction. homer. found art. John Cage's 4'33" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4%E2%80%B233%E2%80%B3).
how about the "exquisite corpse" - a poem which is written, like a game of consequences, by a group of people who can only see the very last line written by the person before them?
let me know if i can dig out any notes and give any more concrete examples tailored to particular questions. mostly i focussed on ontology, forgery, and morality.