Praised in its original edition for its up-to-date, rigorous presentation of current debates and for the clarity of its presentation, Robert Stecker's new edition of Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art preserves the major themes and conclusions of the original, while expanding its content, providing new features, and enhancing accessibility. Described as a _remarkably unified introduction to many contemporary debates in aesthetics and the philosophy of art,_ Stecker specializes in sympathetically laying bear the play of argument that emerges as competing views on a topic engage each other.