INTRODUCTION, J.D. Mininger and Jason Michael Peck IMAGINATION, Jochen Schulte-Sasse (posthumous publication), Emeritus at University of Minnesota, USA JUDGMENT, Vivasvan Soni, Northwestern University, USA BEAUTY, Paul Guyer, Brown University, USA SUBLIME, David Martyn, Macalester College, USA MIMESIS, Christian Sieg, Westfalische Wilhelms-Universitat, Germany FEELING: ON WERTHER, Stanley Corngold, Emeritus at Princeton University, USA IRONY, Michel Chaouli, Indiana University, USA LISTENING, Mirko M. Hall, Converse College, USA ETHICS, Jason Michael Peck, University of Rochester, USA ABSOLUTE MUSIC, Sanna Pederson, University of Oklahoma, USA THE END OF ART, Eva Geulen, Goethe-Universitat Frankfurt am Main, Germany ALLEGORY, J.D. Mininger, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania VALUE, A. Kiarina Kordela, Macalester College, USA GOD IS DEAD, Silke-Maria Weineck, University of Michigan, USA TRAGEDY / TRAUERSPIEL, Ian Balfour, York University, Canada SAYING / SHOWING, Fabian Goppelsroeder, Universitat Potsdam, Germany NOTHINGNESS, Kenneth Haynes, Brown University, USA MESSIANISM, Peter Fenves, Northwestern University, USA MEDIATION / MEDIUM, James A. Steintrager, University of California, Irvine, USA and Rey Chow, Duke University, USA TRUTH, Kai Hammermeister, The Ohio State University, USA UNCANNY, Thomas Pepper, University of Minnesota, USA MOOD / ATTUNEMENT, Dario Gonzalez, University of Copenhagen, Denmark FILM, Johannes von Moltke, University of Michigan, USA MONTAGE / COLLAGE, Patrizia McBride, Cornell University, USA NORMALITY, Jurgen Link, Emeritus at Universitat Dortmund, Germany UGLY, Richard Leppert, University of Minnesota, USA SHUDDER, Karyn Ball, University of Alberta, Canada COMMITTED ART, Andrew Knighton , California State University at Los Angeles, USA