Outputs (36)

Aesthetics and Music (2007)
Book
Hamilton, A. (2007). Aesthetics and Music. Continuum Press

Music and the Aural Arts (2007)
Journal Article
Hamilton, A. (2007). Music and the Aural Arts. British Journal of Aesthetics, 47(1), 46-63. https://doi.org/10.1093/aesthj/ayl038

The visual arts include painting, sculpture, photography, video and film. But many people would argue that music is the universal or only art of sound. In the modernist era, Western art music has incorporated unpitched sounds or "noise", and I pursue... Read More about Music and the Aural Arts.

Lee Konitz: Conversations on the Improviser's Art (2007)
Book
Hamilton, A. (2007). Lee Konitz: Conversations on the Improviser's Art. Michigan University Press

The preeminent altoist associated with the "cool" school of jazz, Lee Konitz was one of the few saxophonists of his generation to forge a unique sound largely independent of the influence of Charlie Parker. In the late 1940s, Konitz began his career... Read More about Lee Konitz: Conversations on the Improviser's Art.

Indeterminacy And Reciprocity: Contrasts And Connections Between Natural And Artistic Beauty (2006)
Journal Article
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.

Against the Belief Model of Delusion (2006)
Book Chapter
Hamilton, A. (2006). Against the Belief Model of Delusion. In M. Chung, W. Fulford, & G. Graham (Eds.), Reconceiving Schizophrenia (217-234). Oxford University Press

Proprioception as Basic Knowledge of the Body (2005)
Book Chapter
Hamilton, A. (2005). Proprioception as Basic Knowledge of the Body. In R. Woudenberg, S. Roeser, & R. Rood (Eds.), Basic belief and basic knowledge : papers in epistemology (269-291). Ontos Verlag

The Art of Recording and The Aesthetics of Perfection (2003)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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.

The authority of avowals and the concept of belief. (2000)
Journal Article
Hamilton, A. (2000). The authority of avowals and the concept of belief. European Journal of Philosophy, 17, 20-39. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0378.00099

False memory syndrome and the authority of personal memory-claims. (1998)
Journal Article
Hamilton, A. (1998). False memory syndrome and the authority of personal memory-claims. Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychology, 4, 283-297

Phenomenalism and the self (1998)
Book Chapter
Hamilton, A. (1998). Phenomenalism and the self. In J. Skorupski (Ed.), The Cambridge Companion to J.S. Mill. Cambridge University Press

A New Look at Personal Identity (1995)
Journal Article
Hamilton, A. (1995). A New Look at Personal Identity. Philosophical Quarterly, 45, 332-349

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

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

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

"Conservatism", entry on
Journal Article
Hamilton, A. (online). "Conservatism", entry on. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy,