b. 1957
Nick Zangwill is a contemporary British philosopher specializing in aesthetics, metaphysics, and the philosophy of mind. He is best known for his defense of aesthetic realism and the moderate formalist theory of art, arguing that aesthetic properties depend on non-aesthetic properties in lawlike ways.
Developed moderate formalism in the philosophy of art
Authored 'The Metaphysics of Beauty' (2001) defending aesthetic realism
Advanced the 'because constraint' linking aesthetic and non-aesthetic properties
Contributed to debates on musical ontology and the nature of aesthetic judgment
Critiqued contemporary metaphysical solutions to Bradley's regress