 The last of the books, The Aesthetic Point of View (1982), is a collection of papers, most old, some new. The book takes its title from the lead article, but the title is also emblematic, indicating Beardsley’s approach to the philosophy of art as a whole: the necessity of taking the aesthetic point of view. Fourteen papers, largely on the nature of the aesthetic and art criticism, are reprinted, and six new pieces are added. The new pieces are of special interest because they constitute Beardsley’s final word on the topics covered, and the topics are themselves central ones: aesthetic experience, the definition of art, judgments of value, reasons in art criticism, artists’ intentions and interpretation, and art and culture.