Frank Noel Sibley lived from 1923 to 1996 and was a British philosopher who worked mainly in the field of aesthetics, holding the first Chair of Philosophy at Lancaster University. He is best known for his 1959 paper Aesthetic Concepts, which distinguished between aesthetic and non-aesthetic concepts, and he has been considered an important contributor to aesthetics within the analytical tradition.
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Defining Moment1959 paper Aesthetic Concepts distinguished aesthetic from non-aesthetic concepts 1 Notable Publication Office HeldFirst Chair of Philosophy, Lancaster University 1 TraditionAnalytical tradition, aesthetics 1 In the Other Atlases
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1. Frank Sibley - Wikipedia
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Frank Noel Sibley (28 February 1923, London
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Frank Noel Sibley (28 February 1923, London
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Frank Noel Sibley (28 February 1923, London
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18 February 1996, Lancaster, Lancashire
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18 February 1996, Lancaster, Lancashire
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18 February 1996, Lancaster, Lancashire
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analytical tradition
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Aesthetic Concepts (Philosophical Review, 68, 1959)
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He held the first Chair of Philosophy at Lancaster University
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attempted to distinguish the domains of the aesthetic and non-aesthetic
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