Defending Everyday Aesthetics and the Concept of 'Pretty'
The paper defends everyday aesthetics against critiques inspired by Kant’s distinction between the agreeable and the beautiful, such as that of Christopher Dowling. It does this by focusing on analysis of the concept of the pretty. Following Carolyn Korsmeyer and A. C. Bradley, I posit a continuum...
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Language: | English |
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Contemporary Aesthetics, Inc.
2012-01-01
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Series: | Contemporary Aesthetics |
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Online Access: | http://www.contempaesthetics.org/newvolume/pages/article.php?articleID=654 |