Critical Aesthetics
In this essay, I discuss Baumgarten’s neglected doctrine of taste. In particular I investigate his definition of taste as the judgment of the senses against the backdrop of the philosophical debate of his day (Muratori, Du Bos), pointing out the biblical and classical sources of the idea of a jud...
Main Author: | Alessandro Nannini |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nederlands Genootschap voor Esthetica (Dutch Association of Aesthetics)
2021-09-01
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Series: | Aesthetic Investigations |
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Online Access: | https://aestheticinvestigations.eu/article/view/11915 |
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