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On Certainty on the Foundations of History as a Discipline (2022)
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Hamilton, A. (2022). On Certainty on the Foundations of History as a Discipline. Topoi, 41(5), 979-985. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11245-022-09844-8

Wittgenstein had little to say directly on philosophy of history. But some pertinent remarks in On Certainty have received little attention, apart from in Elizabeth Anscombe's short article on Hume and Julius Caesar. That article acknowledges its deb... Read More about On Certainty on the Foundations of History as a Discipline.

The Aesthetics Of Imperfection Re-Conceived: Improvisations, Compositions And Mistakes (2020)
Journal Article
Hamilton, A. (2020). The Aesthetics Of Imperfection Re-Conceived: Improvisations, Compositions And Mistakes. The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, 78(3), 289-302. https://doi.org/10.1111/jaac.12749

Ted Gioia associated the “aesthetics of imperfection” with improvised music. In an earlier article, I extended it to all musical performance. This article reconceives my discussion, offering more precise analyses: (1) The aesthetics of imperfection i... Read More about The Aesthetics Of Imperfection Re-Conceived: Improvisations, Compositions And Mistakes.

"Conservatism", entry on (2015)
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Hamilton, A. (2015). "Conservatism", entry on. Stanford encyclopedia of philosophy,

Metaphysics and The Anti-Metaphysics of the Self. (2015)
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Hamilton, A. (2015). Metaphysics and The Anti-Metaphysics of the Self. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 22(11-12), 60-83

The modern conception of self-consciousness holds that, in self-conscious thought, I think of myself as both subject and object; and that the subject is essentially embodied. This understanding begins with Kant. An anti-metaphysical treatment regards... Read More about Metaphysics and The Anti-Metaphysics of the Self..

Intention and the Authority of Avowals (2008)
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Hamilton, A. (2008). Intention and the Authority of Avowals. Philosophical Explorations, 11(1), 23-37. https://doi.org/10.1080/13869790701834599

ABSTRACT There is a common assumption that intention is a complex behavioural disposition, or a motivational state underlying such a disposition. Associated with this position is the apparently commonsense view that an avowal of intention is a direct... Read More about Intention and the Authority of Avowals.

Indeterminacy And Reciprocity: Contrasts And Connections Between Natural And Artistic Beauty (2006)
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Hamilton, A. (2006). Indeterminacy And Reciprocity: Contrasts And Connections Between Natural And Artistic Beauty. Journal of Visual Art Practice, 5(3), 183-193. https://doi.org/10.1386/jvap.5.3.183_1

The indeterminacy of natural beauty is a focus of dispute between a critical and a positive aesthetics of nature. I am concerned to defend various aspects of this indeterminacy against criticism by environmental aesthetics, and to give qualified supp... Read More about Indeterminacy And Reciprocity: Contrasts And Connections Between Natural And Artistic Beauty.

Spectral Composition (2003)
Journal Article
Hamilton, A. (2003). Spectral Composition

THE PRIMER: SPECTRAL COMPOSITION [The Wire, issue 237, November 2003] Sound as a physical phenomenon has dominated the imagination of avant garde composers during the later 20th century. None has been more obsessed by it than the school of spectral c... Read More about Spectral Composition.

The Art of Recording and The Aesthetics of Perfection (2003)
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Hamilton, A. (2003). The Art of Recording and The Aesthetics of Perfection. British Journal of Aesthetics, 43(4), 345-362. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjaesthetics/43.4.345

Recording has transformed the nature of music as an art by reconfiguring the opposition between the aesthetics of perfection and imperfection. A precursor article, ‘The Art of Improvisation and the Aesthetics of Imperfection’, contrasted the perfecti... Read More about The Art of Recording and The Aesthetics of Perfection.

Scottish Commonsense About Memory: A Defence of Thomas Reid's Direct Knowledge Account (2003)
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Hamilton, A. (2003). Scottish Commonsense About Memory: A Defence of Thomas Reid's Direct Knowledge Account. Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 81(2), 229-245. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajp/jag206

Reid rejects the image theory --the representative or indirect realist position--that memory-judgements are inferred from or otherwise justified by a present image or introspectible state. He also rejects the trace theory , which regards memories as... Read More about Scottish Commonsense About Memory: A Defence of Thomas Reid's Direct Knowledge Account.

Christian Wolff (2000)
Journal Article
Hamilton, A. (2000). Christian Wolff

CHRISTIAN WOLFF - CHANCEY GARDENER [The Wire, issue 202, December 2000] Plunged at age 16 into the musical experiments of John Cage and his circle, Christian Wolff is America's most enduring minimalist composer. Now well into his sixties, his New Yor... Read More about Christian Wolff.