Aesthetics

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Not Just a Pretty Face

The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry

Lead in lipstick? 1,4 dioxane in baby soap? Coal tar in shampoo? How is this possible? Simple. The $35 billion cosmetics industry is so powerful that they’ve kept themselves unregulated for … 193 View

Roman Ingarden’s Ontology and Aesthetics

A leading Polish philosopher of the 20th century, Roman Ingarden is principally renowned in Western culture for his work in aesthetics and the theory of literature. Jeff Mitscherling … 246 View
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Introduction

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The basic claim of this book is twofold: (1) that we are not in a position accurately to interpret and evaluate Ingarden’s studies in aesthetics until we place them within the framework … 8 $0.88 Add
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Prologue

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The cosmetics industry is in desperate need of a makeover. It is the unregulated, poorly studied chemical industry in a bottle. Toxic chemicals linked to cancer, birth defects and learning … 4 $0.40 Add
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A Sketch of Ingarden’s Life, Career, and Works

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A Chronological Overview of Ingarden’s Life and Major Publications 32 $3.52 Add
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Indecent Exposure

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Are cosmetic chemicals getting into you? What the latest science tells us about the links between chemicals and disease. 16 $1.60 Add
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Ingarden’s Interpretation of Husserl

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This chapter offers a critical examination of Ingarden’s interpretation of Husserl as a ‘metaphysical idealist’. 38 $4.18 Add
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Not Too Pretty

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The detective search begins for chemicals linked to birth defects in shampoo, deodorant, fragrance and hair gel. 22 $2.20 Add
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Because We’re Worth It!

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Breast cancer activists ask the world’s largest cosmetics companies to stop using chemicals linked to cancer and reproductive harm. 18 $1.80 Add
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Controversy Over the Existence of the World

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An examination of several of Controversy’s central existential-ontological and formal-ontological investigations. 43 $4.73 Add
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Skin Deeper

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How safe are your products? The Environmental Working Group builds the first-ever database of toxic ingredients in personal care products. 17 $1.70 Add
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The Literary Work of Art

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Ingarden recognized that his treatment of the literary work of art offered only a first step in his preparatory analysis, and immediately upon completing The Literary Work of Art he undertook … 40 $4.40 Add
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Beauty Myth Busters

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From the “whitening trend” in Asia to the airbrushed models in the ads, the beauty industry sells toxic dreams around the world. 12 $1.20 Add
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Ingarden’s Analyses of Other Sorts of Artworks

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Ingarden’s extensive analyses of art in order not to gather material for the construction of a general ‘theory of art’ but rather to elucidate and, to some extent, ground his … 29 $3.19 Add
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Ingarden and Contemporary Aesthetics

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Explains how Ingarden’s analyses of the ontology of art provide both a strong foundation and a powerful tool that could be employed in current research in aesthetics and theory of art. 22 $2.42 Add
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Pinkwashing

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A closer look at pink-ribbon products and what the leading cosmetics companies don’t tell you about breast cancer prevention. 15 $1.50 Add