Are Works of Art Affective Artifacts? If Not, What Sort of Artifacts Are They?
Works of art are usually meant to elicit psychological effects from their audiences whereas paradigmatic technical artifacts such as hammers or cars are rather meant to produce physical effects when used. This suggests that works of art and technical artifacts are sharply different entities. However...
| Published in: | Topoi: An International Review of Philosophy Vol. 43; no. 3; pp. 737 - 747 |
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