Peter Vaudreuil Lamarque (; born 21 May 1948) is a British aesthethician and

philosopher of art Aesthetics, or esthetics, is a branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of beauty and taste, as well as the philosophy of art (its own area of philosophy that comes out of aesthetics). It examines aesthetic values, often expressed th ...

, working in the

analytic tradition Analytic philosophy is a branch and tradition of philosophy using analysis, popular in the Western world and particularly the Anglosphere, which began around the turn of the 20th century in the contemporary era in the United Kingdom, United St ...

. Since 2000, he has been a professor of philosophy at the

University of York , mottoeng = On the threshold of wisdom , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £8.0 million , budget = £403.6 million , chancellor = Heather Melville , vice_chancellor = Charlie Jeffery , students ...

. He is known primarily for his work in

philosophy of literature Philosophy and literature involves the literary treatment of philosophers and philosophical themes (the literature of philosophy), and the philosophical treatment of issues raised by literature (the philosophy of literature). The philosophy ...

and on the role of

emotions Emotions are mental states brought on by neurophysiological changes, variously associated with thoughts, feelings, behavioral responses, and a degree of pleasure or displeasure. There is currently no scientific consensus on a definition. ...

fiction Fiction is any creative work, chiefly any narrative work, portraying individuals, events, or places that are imaginary, or in ways that are imaginary. Fictional portrayals are thus inconsistent with history, fact, or plausibility. In a traditi ...

Education

Lamarque was educated at

Marlborough College Marlborough College is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (English Independent school (United Kingdom), independent boarding school) for pupils aged 13 to 18 in Marlborough, Wiltshire, England. Founded in 1843 for the sons of Church ...

and received a BA degree in

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and

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from the

University of East Anglia The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a public research university in Norwich, England. Established in 1963 on a campus west of the city centre, the university has four faculties and 26 schools of study. The annual income of the institution f ...

. He then completed a

BPhil Bachelor of Philosophy (BPhil, BPh, or PhB; la, Baccalaureus Philosophiae or ) is the title of an academic degree that usually involves considerable research, either through a thesis or supervised research projects. Unlike many other bachelor's d ...

in philosophy at

The Queen's College, Oxford The Queen's College is a Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent college of the University of Oxford, England. The college was founded in 1341 by Robert de Eglesfield in honour of Philippa of Hainault. It is distinguished by its pred ...

in 1972, where he worked under the supervision of

Laurence Jonathan Cohen Laurence Jonathan Cohen, (7 May 1923 – 26 September 2006), was a British philosopher. He was Fellow and Praelector in Philosophy, 1957–90 and Senior Tutor, 1985–90 at The Queen's College, Oxford and British Academy Reader in ...

Career

From 1972 to 1995 Lamarque taught in the Philosophy Department at the

University of Stirling The University of Stirling (, gd, Oilthigh Shruighlea (abbreviated as Stir or Shruiglea, in post-nominals) is a public university in Stirling, Scotland, founded by royal charter in 1967. It is located in the Central Belt of Scotland, built w ...

, and from 1995 to 2000 he held the

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at the

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. In 2000, he moved to the University of York to take up his current position. He has held visiting positions in several universities around the world, including

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and the

Australian National University The Australian National University (ANU) is a public research university located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton encompasses seven teaching and research colleges, in addition to several national academies and ...

. Lamarque has published extensively on various philosophical topics, mostly in the area of analytic

philosophy of art Aesthetics, or esthetics, is a branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of beauty and taste, as well as the philosophy of art (its own area of philosophy that comes out of aesthetics). It examines aesthetic values, often expressed thr ...

. He published the first systematic articulation of an approach to the

paradox of fiction The paradox of fiction, or the paradox of emotional response to fiction, is a philosophical dilemma that questions how people can experience strong emotions to fictional things. The primary question asked is the following: How are people moved by ...

usually referred to as 'thought theory'. He was editor of the ''

British Journal of Aesthetics The ''British Journal of Aesthetics'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering philosophical aesthetics and the philosophy of art. It was established in 1960 and is published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Socie ...

'' from 1995 to 2008. In 2009, he was chosen to give the first ever BSA/ASA Wollheim Memorial Lecture at the

American Society for Aesthetics American Society for Aesthetics (ASA) is a philosophical organization founded in 1942 to promote the study of aesthetics. The ASA sponsors national and regional conferences, and publishes the ''Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism'', the '' ...

Annual Meeting. In 2018, he was awarded the "Premio Internazionale d'Estetica" by the Italian Society of Aesthetics.

Bibliography

''Books''

*''Truth, Fiction, and Literature: A Philosophical Perspective'', Oxford:

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, 1994 (with Stein Haugom Olsen) * ''Fictional Points of View'', Ithaca, NY:

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, 1996 * ''The Philosophy of Literature'', Oxford:

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, 2009 * ''Work and Object: Explorations in the Metaphysics of Art'', Oxford:

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, 2010 (winner of the American Society for Aesthetics Outstanding Monograph Prize for 2010) * ''The Opacity of Narrative'', London: Rowman & Littlefield International, 2014 *''The Uselessness of Art: Essays in the Philosophy of Art and Literature'', Eastbourne: Sussex Academic Press, 2020

Books (editor)

* ''Philosophy and Fiction: Essays in Literary Aesthetics'', Aberdeen:

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, 1983 * ''Concise Encyclopedia of Philosophy of Language'', New York:

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, 1997 * ''Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art: The Analytic Tradition: An Anthology'', Oxford: Blackwell, 2004 (with Stein Haugom Olsen)

Articles

* "How Can We Fear and Pity Fictions?", ''

'' 21(4):291-304, 1981 * "The Death of the Author: An Analytical Autopsy", ''British Journal of Aesthetics'' 30(4):319-331, 1990 * "On Not Expecting Too Much from Narrative", '' Mind and Language'' 19(4):393-408, 2004 * "The Elusiveness of Poetic Meaning", ''

Ratio In mathematics, a ratio shows how many times one number contains another. For example, if there are eight oranges and six lemons in a bowl of fruit, then the ratio of oranges to lemons is eight to six (that is, 8:6, which is equivalent to the ...

'' 22(4):398-420, 2009 * "The Uselessness of Art", ''

Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism ''The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the study of aesthetics and art criticism. It was published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American Society for Aesthetics American Soci ...

'' 68(3):205-214, 2010 * "

Wittgenstein Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein ( ; ; 26 April 1889 – 29 April 1951) was an Austrians, Austrian-British people, British philosopher who worked primarily in logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy o ...

, Literature, and the Idea of a Practice", ''British Journal of Aesthetics ''50(4):375-388, 2010 * "Poetry and Abstract Thought," https://www.pdcnet.org/msp/content/msp_2009_0033_0037_0052 Midwest Studies in Philosophy, Vol. 33 (2009), pp. 37–52

References

External links

Peter Lamarque's departmental webpageVIDEO: Peter Lamarque, Poetry: A Problem for Analytic PhilosophyPeter Lamarque's complete list of publications
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