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On Certainty on the Foundations of History as a Discipline (2022)
Journal Article
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.

The Philosophy of Rhythm: Aesthetics, Music, Poetics (2019)
Book
Cheyne, P., Hamilton, A., & Paddison, M. (Eds.). (2019). The Philosophy of Rhythm: Aesthetics, Music, Poetics. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199347773.001.0001

Spanning all cultures, rhythm is the basic pulse that animates poetry and music. The recent explosion of scholarly interest across disciplines in the aural dimensions of aesthetic experience—particularly in sociology, cultural and media theory, and l... Read More about The Philosophy of Rhythm: Aesthetics, Music, Poetics.

Dialogue on Rhythm: Entrainment and the Dynamic Thesis (2019)
Book Chapter
Hamilton, A., Macarthur, D., Squires, R., Tugby, M., & Wiseman, R. (2019). Dialogue on Rhythm: Entrainment and the Dynamic Thesis. In P. Cheyne, A. Hamilton, & M. Paddison (Eds.), The philosophy of rhythm : aesthetics, music, poetics (15-42). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199347773.003.0002

The advantages of the dialogue form—in particular, the advantage of openness—have been neglected in post-eighteenth-century philosophy. Unlike the currently dominant journal article form, the present dialogue neither arrives at, nor seeks to impose,... Read More about Dialogue on Rhythm: Entrainment and the Dynamic Thesis.

"The Aesthetics of Improvisation" (2017)
Book Chapter
Hamilton, A. (in press). "The Aesthetics of Improvisation". In M. Grimshaw, M. Walther-Hansen, & M. Knakkergaard (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Sound and Imagination. Oxford University Press

Wittgenstein on Memory (2017)
Book Chapter
Hamilton, A. (2017). Wittgenstein on Memory. In S. Bernecker, & K. Michaelian (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Memory. Routledge

Metaphysics and The Anti-Metaphysics of the Self. (2015)
Journal Article
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..

Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Wittgenstein and "On Certainty" (2014)
Book
Hamilton, A. (2014). Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Wittgenstein and "On Certainty". Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315771762

Ludwig Wittgenstein is arguably the most important philosopher of the twentieth century. In On Certainty he discusses central issues in epistemology, including the nature of knowledge and scepticism. The Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Wittgenstein... Read More about Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Wittgenstein and "On Certainty".

The Transcendental Economy Of Aesthetic (2013)
Book Chapter
Hamilton, A., & Stopford, R. (2013). The Transcendental Economy Of Aesthetic. In O. Hulatt (Ed.), Aesthetic and Artistic Autonomy. Bloomsbury

I have approached the complex issue of aesthetic autonomy through the lens of Adorno’s analysis of Kant. Speciically, my focus rests upon scattered remarks he makes about Kantian subjectivity in the idiom of economics. he recasting of key elements in... Read More about The Transcendental Economy Of Aesthetic.

Scruton's Aesthetics (2012)
Book
Hamilton, A., & Zangwill, N. (Eds.). (2012). Scruton's Aesthetics. Palgrave Macmillan

Scruton's Aesthetics is a comprehensive critical evaluation of one of the major aestheticians of our age. The lead essay by Scruton is followed by fourteen essays by international commentators plus Scruton's reply. All discuss matters of enduring imp... Read More about Scruton's Aesthetics.

The Sound Of Music (2009)
Book Chapter
Hamilton, A. (2009). The Sound Of Music. In M. Nudds, & C. O'Callaghan (Eds.), Sounds and perception : new philosophical essays (146-182). Oxford University Press

According to the acousmatic thesis defended by Roger Scruton and others, to hear sounds as music is to divorce them from the source or cause of their production. Non-acousmatic experience involves attending to the worldly cause of the sound; in acous... Read More about The Sound Of Music.