Pornography Stumps Analytic Philosophers of Art

In: Philosophy of the social sciences: an international journal = Philosophie des sciences sociales, Band 45, Heft 1, S. 122-140

Abstract

A book in which analytic philosophers examine the portrayal of sex in art and the possible artistic value of pornography proves a disappointment. Although a transcendental objection to pornographic art is rebutted, the papers employ barren philosophical methods that divert energy away from significant problems and into scholastic quibbles.