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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thomas Leddy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Contemporary Aesthetics, Inc. 2012-01-01
Series:Contemporary Aesthetics
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Online Access:http://www.contempaesthetics.org/newvolume/pages/article.php?articleID=654