Is Beauty in the Eye of the Beholder? Hume on Taste and Judgment
Beauty is a sentiment, yet we say some judgments are wrong. Hume on the standard of taste and the True Judge.
Steps
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- Reading· ~11 min
The Joint Verdict of True Judges and the Problem of Disagreement
How Hume's ==standard of taste== actually works, where it succeeds, and where it runs into serious trouble.
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- Reading· ~9 min
Kant, Disinterestedness, and the Universality Claim
How Kant takes Hume's problem and offers a more radical solution, and why the tension between them defines the philosophy of beauty.
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- Text Explore· ~8 min
Hume and Kant on Beauty and Taste
Read the key passages from both thinkers on the ==standard of taste== and the structure of aesthetic judgment.
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- Argument Map· ~10 min
Beauty, Taste, and the Standard: The Full Debate
Map the philosophy of aesthetic judgment from Hume through Kant and into contemporary aesthetics.
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- Dialogue· ~10 min
Dialogue: Is the Canon Taste or Power?
The most politically charged challenge to Hume's ==standard of taste==.
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- Reflection· ~8 min
Reflection: Your Own Taste and Its Authority
The philosophy of taste is most honest when it turns its scrutiny on the person doing the judging.
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