{"product_id":"what-art-does-ryan-mitchell-wittingslow-9781538183441","title":"What Art Does: Using Philosophy of Technology to Talk about Art","description":"\u003cp\u003eWe derive a great deal of cognitive pleasure from asking what artworks mean. And yet, despite the seriousness with which we approach these questions, they all too often rely on theories of art that fail to adequately explain how art conveys meaning. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book proposes a new theory. In contrast to more conventional definitions of art, \u003ci\u003eWhat Art Does \u003c\/i\u003edefends the claim that artworks constitute a class of tool. Like other tools, artworks are objects that have functions and that furnish affordances. However, thanks to the particular social and material facts that underpin the creation of artworks, the functions that artworks have and the affordances they furnish are special. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is thanks to these special functions and affordances that artworks obtain their privileged character and status. Because artworks do things that other tools cannot, we take artworks to be meaning-making objects with something to say.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ryan Mitchell Wittingslow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1538183447\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781538183441\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rowman \u0026amp; Littlefield Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Ryan Mitchell Wittingslow","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48874623107327,"sku":"9781538183441","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/what-art-does-ryan-mitchell-wittingslow-9781538183441","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}