Static and Dinamic Ontologies. Danto vs. Goodman (and beyond)
Journal title PARADIGMI
Author/s Fabrizio Desideri
Publishing Year 2010 Issue 2010/2
Language Italian Pages 18 P. 25-42 File size 292 KB
DOI 10.3280/PARA2010-002003
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When considering the question of the ontology of art, two approaches prevail today: an essentialist approach, which aspires to define the invariant properties of every artwork, and a functionalist approach, according to which an artwork’s properties are contingent and dependent on symbolic practices. The static, intensionalist, and descriptivist ontolology of the former approach is well exemplified by A. Danto; the dynamic, extentionalist, and constructivist ontology of the latter approach, by N. Goodman. After a criticism mainly centered on Danto’s view, the author suggests a definition of work of art able to exceed the opposition between the two models.
Keywords: Artwork, Danto, Essentialism, Functionalism, Goodman, Ontology.
Fabrizio Desideri, Ontologie statiche e dinamiche. Danto vs. Goodman (e oltre) in "PARADIGMI" 2/2010, pp 25-42, DOI: 10.3280/PARA2010-002003