Contains essays written by philosophers and art historians, which revisit Arthur Danto's theories of art, action, and history, the threads he found between these areas of philosophical debate, and the depth of his innovation as a philosopher of culture. They also explore the importance of Danto's philosophy and criticism for the art world.

Renowned philosophers and art historians revisit Arthur Danto's theories of art, action, and history, the threads he found between these areas of philosophical debate, and the depth of his innovation as a philosopher of culture. Contributors explore the importance of Danto's philosophy and criticism for the contemporary art world, along with his theories of intention, perception, how the structure of action relates to the structure of knowledge, epistemology, creation, duplication and identity, and other topics. Danto continues the conversation by adding his own responses to each essay.