Matthew Kieran je profesorem filozofie a umění na University of Leeds. Jeho širší filozofické zájmy zahrnují kreativitu, umění, psychologii a etiku. Jeho práce zkoumá podstatu umění a kreativitu.
Brings together fresh debates on eleven of the most controversial issues in aesthetics and the philosophy of art. Topics addressed include the nature of beauty, aesthetic experience, artistic value, and the nature of our emotional responses to art.
Revealing Art is a stimulating and lucid book about why art is important and the role of the imagination in art, illustrated with colour and black-and-white plates of examples from Michaelangelo to Matisse and from Poussin to Pollock.
Media Ethics brings together philosophers, academics and media professionals to debate pressing ethical and moral questions for journalists and the media and to examine basic notions such as truth, virtue, privacy, rights, offence, harm and freedom which are used in answering them.