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Nelson Goodman and Modern Architecture: A Belated Encounter

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This book orchestrates a convergence of two discourses from the 1960s—Nelson Goodman’s aesthetic theory on one side and critiques of modern architecture articulated by figures like Peter Blake, Charles Jencks, and Robert Venturi/Denise Scott Brown on the other. Grounded in Goodman’s aesthetic theory, the book explores his conceptual framework within the context of modern architecture.

At the heart of the investigation lies Goodman’s concept of exemplification. While his notion of denotation ...