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philosophy of film

4 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.

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Berys Gaut

British philosopher who has developed ethicism about art — moral defects are aesthetic defects — and contributed to the philosophy of creativity.

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Gregory Currie

British-Australian philosopher who has made contributions to the ontology of art, the philosophy of fiction and imagination, and philosophy of film.

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Noël Carroll

American philosopher who is the most prolific contributor to analytic aesthetics — with work on the philosophy of film, horror, mass art, narrative, and art theory.

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Paisley Livingston

American philosopher who has contributed to the ontology of film, the theory of authorship, and narrative theory.

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