Home›Aesthetics›All AestheticsBrowse ByAll AestheticsReference and ClassificationVerifiedPhilosophers principally known for theories of beauty, art, taste and aesthetic judgment. Belongs here: philosophers whose central legacy is an account of the aesthetic or of art's role in human life. Does not belong here: philosophers whose aesthetic remarks are incidental to a primarily ethical or metaphysical system, grouped under Ethics or Metaphysics.FactsAll AestheticsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested18 1Cultural Origin TraditionWell-attestedGerman 1All AestheticsFilter Results37 entriesMovementAllAnalytic Aesthetics (10)Continental And Phenomenological Aesthetics (5)East Asian Aesthetics (3)Feminist Aesthetics (2)Marxist And Critical Theory Aesthetics (4)Other Aesthetics Traditions (8)Pragmatist Aesthetics (2)Rationalist Empiricist And Idealist Aesthetics (3)School of PhilosophyAllFrankfurt School (1)Branch of PhilosophyAllAesthetics (32)Epistemology (4)Ethics (3)Logic (1)Metaphysics (5)Philosophy of Action (1)Philosophy of History (4)Philosophy of Language (2)Philosophy of Logic (1)Philosophy of Mind (3)Philosophy of Religion (2)Philosophy of Science (1)Philosophy of Technology (1)Political Philosophy (2)EraAll1714 (1)1759 (1)1863 (1)1866 (1)1870 (1)1881 (1)1884 (1)1885 (1)1888 (1)1889 (1)1892 (1)1893 (1)1895 (1)1903 (1)1909 (1)1915 (2)1923 (1)1924 (1)1926 (1)1934 (1)1935 (1)1937 (1)1939 (1)1941 (1)1944 (1)1947 (1)1948 (1)1953 (1)1955 (1)1956 (1)1957 (1)1964 (1)1969 (1)1972 (1)TraditionAllAmerican naturalism (1)Analytic philosophy (5)Analytic philosophy with a mystical strand (1)Analytical tradition, aesthetics (1)British Idealism (1)Contemporary philosophy of art (1)Everyday aesthetics and Japanese aesthetics, wabi-sabi (1)Frankfurt School, Critical Theory (1)Instrumentalist theory of art, associated with New Criticism (1)Kyoto School (1)Marxism, in an open, critical and non-dogmatic version (1)Neo-Hegelianism (1)Philosophy of art and evolutionary aesthetics (1)Philosophy of art, epistemology and women's studies (1)Philosophy of music (1)Process philosophy (1)Rationalism (Age of Enlightenment) (1)NationalityAllAustria (1)France (1)Germany (4)Italy (1)Japan (2)Korea (South) (1)New Zealand (1)Norway (1)Poland (3)Spain (1)United Kingdom (6)United States (12)Influenced ByAllAlfred North Whitehead (1)Arthur Danto (1)Benedetto Croce (1)Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (2)Immanuel Kant (1)Max Horkheimer (1)In GroupAllAnalytic Aesthetics (10)Continental And Phenomenological Aesthetics (5)East Asian Aesthetics (3)Feminist Aesthetics (2)Marxist And Critical Theory Aesthetics (4)Other Aesthetics Traditions (8)Pragmatist Aesthetics (2)Rationalist Empiricist And Idealist Aesthetics (3)Birthplace / RegionAllAustria (1)France (1)Germany (4)Italy (1)Japan (2)New Zealand (1)Norway (1)Poland (3)South Korea (1)Spain (1)United Kingdom (7)United States (12)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 37Adolfo Sanchez VazquezAestheticsAlain LeRoy LockeAestheticsAlejandro VallegaAestheticsAlexander BaumgartenAestheticsArthur DantoAestheticsBenedetto CroceAestheticsCurt John DucasseAestheticsDenis DuttonAestheticsEva DadlezAestheticsFrank SibleyAestheticsFriedrich SchillerAestheticsGeorge DickieAestheticsGeorge SantayanaAestheticsHans MaesAestheticsJerrold LevinsonAestheticsJolanta Brach-CzainaAestheticsKathleen StockAestheticsKendall WaltonAestheticsKim Hei-sookAestheticsKristin GjesdalAestheticsLeon ChwistekAestheticsMalcolm BuddAestheticsMichael TannerAestheticsMonroe BeardsleyAestheticsNick ZangwillAestheticsNoël CarrollAestheticsPeter KivyAestheticsR.G. CollingwoodAestheticsRoman IngardenAestheticsShūzō KukiAestheticsStephan WitasekAestheticsStephen DaviesAestheticsSusanne LangerAestheticsTheodor W. AdornoAestheticsValentin FeldmanAestheticsWalter BenjaminAestheticsYuriko SaitoAestheticsSources1. Wikipedia: Aestheticstier 2WikipediaAesthetics, lead section, emergence sentenceAesthetic thought has its roots in antiquity but only emerged as a distinct field of inquiry in the 18th century when philosophers systematically engaged with the subject.Aesthetics, lead section, Baumgarten term-coining sentenceThe Latin term aesthetica was coined by the philosopher Alexander Baumgarten in 1735View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.