Portrait of Dr. Anthony Michael Cross

Dr. Anthony Michael Cross

  • Assistant Professor at Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts

Scholarly and Creative Works

2025

  • Cross, A. M. (n.d.). Aesthetic Life in the Digital Age: How Emerging Technologies Affect Creativity, Consumption, and Community. In E. Scarbrough & E. Malone (Eds.), A Contemporary Introduction to Aesthetics. Routledge.
  • Cross, A. M. (2025). Shared Aesthetic Experience, Community, and Meaningfulness. Philosophical Topics, 52(1), 181–199.
  • Cross, A. M. (2025). Trading Up in Relationships With Art. In A. King (Ed.), Art and Philosophy: Essays at the Intersection. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/9780191815423.001.0001
  • Cross, A. M. (n.d.). Frenemies: Nietzsche, Nehamas, and the Darker Sides of Friendship. In J. Moss, R. L. Anderson, & A. Huddleston (Eds.), Friendship: A Historical and Philosophical Exploration. Routledge.

2024

  • Cross, A. M. (2024). Social Aesthetic Goods and Aesthetic Alienation. Philosophers’ Imprint, 24, 1–15. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3998/phimp.3475
  • Cross, A. M. (2024). Tool, Collaborator, or Participant: AI and Artistic Agency. British Journal of Aesthetics. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1093/aesthj/ayae055

2023

  • Cross, A. M. (2023). Ethical Issues in Internet Culture and New Media. In J. Harold (Ed.), Oxford Handbook of Ethics and Art (pp. 542–560). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197539798.013.48

2022

  • Cross, A. M. (2022). Aesthetic Obligations and Aesthetic Commitments. Ergo: An Open Access Journal of Philosophy, 8, 402–422. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3998/ergo.2239

2021

  • Cross, A. M. (2021, October). Review of Stephanie Ross’s “Thumbs Up: How Critics Aid Appreciation.” Ethics. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1086/715293
  • Cross, A. M. (2021, March 12). Review of James Harold’s “Dangerous Art: On Moral Criticism of Artwork.” Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism. https://doi.org/kpab007

2018

  • Cross, A. M. (2018). The Animal is Present: The Ethics of Animal Use in Contemporary Art. Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, 76(4), 519–528. https://doi.org/10.1111/jaac.12587

2017

  • Cross, A. M. (2017). Art Criticism as Practical Reasoning. British Journal of Aesthetics, 57(3), 299–317. https://doi.org/10.1093/aesthj/ayx016
  • Cross, A. M. (2017, October). Nick Riggle’s On Being Awesome. The Philosopher’s Magazine. https://doi.org/10.5840/tpm201779122
  • Cross, A. M. (2017). Obligations to Artworks as Duties of Love. Estetika, 54(1), 85–101. Retrieved from https://estetikajournal.org/articles/10.33134/eeja.157