Further exploration of anti-realist intuitions about aesthetic judgment

• Published in: Philosophical psychology Vol. 35; no. 5; pp. 621 - 661
• Main Author: Andow, James
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 04.07.2022; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Aesthetics; Between-subjects design; experimental aesthetics; experimental philosophy; expressivism; intuitions; normativism; realism; relativism

Experimental philosophy of aesthetics has explored to what extent ordinary people are committed to aesthetic realism. Extant work has focused on attitudes to normativism - a key commitment of realist positions in aesthetics - the claim that aesthetic judgments/statements have correctness conditions,...