PHILOSOPHY AND MUSEUMS by Victoria Harrison (Editor), Gary Kemp (Editor), Anna Bergqvist (Editor) ( 9781108515764 )

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Title:

PHILOSOPHY AND MUSEUMS
ESSAYS ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF MUSEUMS

By:

Victoria Harrison (Editor), Gary Kemp (Editor), Anna Bergqvist (Editor)

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Electronic book text

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ISBN 10:

1108515762

ISBN 13:

9781108515764

Publisher:

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

23 May, 2017

Series:

Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements 79

Description:

This volume examines the philosophical questions raised by museums and their practices from a range of philosophical perspectives.

Synopsis:

Museums and their practices - especially those involving collection, curation and exhibition - generate a host of philosophical questions. Such questions are not limited to the domains of ethics and aesthetics, but go further into the domains of metaphysics, epistemology and philosophy of religion. Despite the prominence of museums as public institutions, they have until recently received surprisingly little scrutiny from philosophers in the Anglo-American tradition. By bringing together contributions from philosophers with backgrounds in a range of traditional areas of philosophy, this volume demonstrates how their work can enhance our understanding of museums and shed light on the philosophical questions raised by museum practices. Many of the chapters in this volume make the case that the philosophy of museums is of vital concern, not only to those philosophers at work in the emerging field but also to practitioners within the museum world and to anyone who enjoys visiting museums.

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Cambridge University Press

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