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Review: 'In PHILOSOPHIZING ART, a collection of essays previously published in catalogues and journals, Danto reiterates his argument that the advent of modernism brought art into a new relationship with philosophy, one in which art can actually take philosophy's place as a practical means of inquiry. Typically, Arthur Danto brings a relevant philosophical text to bear on his reading of a work of art. His freedom from prejudice and intellectual buoyancy can be invigorating; he is positively enthusiastic about the liberating effect of postmodernism's 'extreme pluralism' and the realization that there are no longer any a priori limits on the definition of art. Perhaps it is because he belongs to such a rare breed, as an art critic with a professional training in analytical philosophy, that his voice seems somewhat solitary, removed from the usual tone of theoretical debates in that realm of determined amateurism that is contemporary art.'