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Mothersill, Mary. Beauty Restored
1984, Clarendon Press.
Topics: Aesthetic Experience and Judgement; Aesthetic Normativity and Value
Keywords: aesthetic cognition
Traditions: Analytic; North American
Languages: English

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Abstract: In this book the author assesses the main trends of recent aesthetics and makes two important philosophical claims: one, that there are genuine (that is, true and demonstrable) judgments of taste, and two, that there are no principles or laws of taste. In a penetrating and insightful defense of these theses, Mothersill addresses the question of their compatibility and develops the contrast between aesthetic and ethical reasoning and between beauty and the sublime.
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