When Critics Disagree: Prospects for Realism in Aesthetics.

I investigate whether a reconstructed Humean theory of appreciation can secure the objectivity of aesthetic judgement. Examining a current debate about aesthetic realism, I argue that it stalls out at a verificationist impasse. I suggest a resolution that broadens our conception of aesthetic qualiti...

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Published in:	Philosophical Quarterly Vol. 64; no. 257; pp. 590 - 619
Main Author:	Ross, Stephanie
Format:	Article
Published:	Oxford University Press / USA Oct2014
Subjects:	Aesthetic judgment Aesthetic Realism Hume, David, 1711-1776 Aesthetics research Confirmation (Logic) Critics Goldman, Alan Levinson, Jerrold
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