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TY - JOUR
T1 - Quasi-realism, acquaintance, and the normative claims of aesthetic judgement.
AU - Todd, Cain Samuel
N1 - RAE_import_type : Journal article RAE_uoa_type : Philosophy
PY - 2004/7
Y1 - 2004/7
N2 - My primary aim in this paper is to outline a quasi-realist theory of aesthetic judgement. Robert Hopkins has recently argued against the plausibility of this project because he claims that quasi-realism cannot explain a central component of any expressivist understanding of aesthetic judgements, namely their supposed ‘autonomy’. I argue against Hopkins’s claims by contending that Roger Scruton’s aesthetic attitude theory, centred on his account of the imagination, provides us with the means to develop a plausible quasi-realist account of aesthetic judgement. Finally, I respond to two recent attempts to discredit the validity of the notion of aesthetic autonomy. I claim that both fail adequately to address the underlying non-realist motivations and justifications for maintaining the principle.
AB - My primary aim in this paper is to outline a quasi-realist theory of aesthetic judgement. Robert Hopkins has recently argued against the plausibility of this project because he claims that quasi-realism cannot explain a central component of any expressivist understanding of aesthetic judgements, namely their supposed ‘autonomy’. I argue against Hopkins’s claims by contending that Roger Scruton’s aesthetic attitude theory, centred on his account of the imagination, provides us with the means to develop a plausible quasi-realist account of aesthetic judgement. Finally, I respond to two recent attempts to discredit the validity of the notion of aesthetic autonomy. I claim that both fail adequately to address the underlying non-realist motivations and justifications for maintaining the principle.
U2 - 10.1093/bjaesthetics/44.3.277
DO - 10.1093/bjaesthetics/44.3.277
M3 - Journal article
VL - 44
SP - 277
EP - 296
JO - British Journal of Aesthetics
JF - British Journal of Aesthetics
SN - 1468-2842
IS - 3
ER -