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aestheticsintermediate7 steps · ~75 min

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.

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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. 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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