Daniel O. Nathan

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|name = Daniel O. Nathan

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| institutions = Texas Tech University

|main_interests = Aesthetics, ethical theory, philosophy of law

|notable_ideas = Paradox of Intentionalism

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| alma_mater = University of Illinois at Chicago (PhD), University of Michigan (AB)

| thesis_title = Reason and Content in Morality

| thesis_url = https://dspace-prod.lib.uic.edu/handle/10027/18184

| thesis_year = 1977

| doctoral_advisor = Richard Kraut

|influences = Nick Zangwill

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|website = https://sites.google.com/site/danielonathan/home

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Daniel Osher Nathan is an American philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at Texas Tech University.

He is known for his expertise on aesthetics, ethical theory, and philosophy of law.{{cite journal|last1=De Clercq|first1=Rafael|title=The aesthetic creation theory of art|journal=Sztuka I Filozofia|date=2009|volume=35|url=https://philarchive.org/archive/DECTAC-3}}

Views

Nathan defends an anti-intentionalist position in aesthetic interpretation and believes that intentionalism stems from a faulty analogy between an artwork and an utterance for communication.{{cite journal|last1=Robinson|first1=Jenefer|title=Review of Contemporary Debates in Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art|journal=Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews|date=17 February 2007|url=http://ndpr.nd.edu/news/contemporary-debates-in-aesthetics-and-the-philosophy-of-art/|access-date=27 December 2017|issn=1538-1617}}{{cite journal|last1=Eden|first1=Brad|title=Review of "Contemporary debates in aesthetics and the philosophy of art"|journal=Consciousness, Literature and the Arts|date=December 2005|volume=6|url=http://www.dmd27.org/kieran.html|access-date=27 December 2017}}{{cite book|last1=Carroll|first1=Noël|title=Beyond Aesthetics: Philosophical Essays|date=2001|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9780521786560|pages=417|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t4IHIuuxFHcC&q=Daniel+Nathan+aesthetics&pg=PA417|language=en}}{{cite web|title=Nathan's Paradox of Intentionalism|url=http://jay-odenbaugh.squarespace.com/phil-203-philosophy-of-art-beauty/2014/4/16/nathans-paradox-of-intentionalism|website=Jay Odenbaugh|date=16 April 2014 |access-date=27 December 2017}}{{cite web|last1=Selleri|first1=Andrea|title=Oscar Wilde and Authorialism|url=http://www.authorship.ugent.be/article/view/1086/1103|website=Authorship|access-date=27 December 2017|language=en|date=28 November 2014|archive-date=30 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230092122/http://www.authorship.ugent.be/article/view/1086/1103|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Aesthetic Anti-Intentionalism: Art Tells Its Own Story|url=https://rwadholm.wordpress.com/2013/09/26/aesthetic-anti-intentionalism-art-tells-its-own-story/|website=Bob's Noggin Blog|access-date=27 December 2017|date=26 September 2013}}{{cite web|title=Nathan on Intentions & Interpretation|url=http://web.mnstate.edu/gracyk/courses/web%20publishing/Daniel%20Nathan%20on%20intentions-LectureNotes.htm|access-date=27 December 2017|archive-date=7 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007023315/http://web.mnstate.edu/gracyk/courses/web%20publishing/Daniel%20Nathan%20on%20intentions-LectureNotes.htm|url-status=dead}}{{cite journal|last1=Braddock|first1=Matthew|title=Actual intentionalism, interpretation, and ethical criticism|journal=Postgraduate Journal of Aesthetics|date=August 2006|volume= 3|issue= 2|url=http://www.pjaesthetics.org/index.php/pjaesthetics/article/download/48/45|access-date=28 December 2017}}

References

External links

[https://sites.google.com/site/danielonathan/home Daniel O. Nathan's Website]
[https://philpapers.org/s/Daniel%20O.%20Nathan Nathan's papers]
[http://www.depts.ttu.edu/philosophy/people/Dannyprof.php Daniel O. Nathan at Texas Tech University]

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