Action, Art, History
Engagements with Arthur C. Danto

Presenting a collection of essays on Arthur C Danto's philosophy, this book describes his theories of art, action, and history, and the depth of his innovation as a philosopher of culture. It explores the importance of Danto's philosophy and criticism for contemporary art, along with his theories of perception, action, and historical knowledge.

Danto brought to philosophy the artist's unfettered imagination, and his ideas about postmodern culture are virtual road maps of the present art world. This volume pays tribute to both Danto's brilliant capacity to move between philosophy and contemporary culture and his pathbreaking achievements in philosophy, art history, and art criticism.

Introduction, by Daniel Herwitz and Michael Kelly1. Arthur Danto at Columbia and in New York, by Akeel BilgramiA Note on My Responses, by Arthur Danto2. Danto's Action, by Donald DavidsonResponse3. Crossing Paths, by Stanley CavellResponse4. For the Birds/Against the Birds: The Modernist Narratives of Danto and Adorno (and Cage) /, by Lydia Goehr
Response5. Photoshop, or, Unhanding Art, by Gregg HorowitzResponse6. At the Doom of Modernism: Art and Art Theory in Competition, by Hans BeltingResponse7. The Sell-By Date, by Daniel HerwitzResponse8. Danto on Tansey: The Possibilities of Appearance, by Michael KellyResponse9. Danto, History, and the Tragedy of Human Existence, by Frank R. AnkersmitResponse10. History and the Sciences, by Philip Kitcher and Daniel ImmerwahrResponse