Normativity and Thick Aesthetic Concepts
Thick aesthetic concepts such as ‘gracious’, ‘delicate’ and ‘virtuous’ are, according to the standard theory, characterised as both descriptive and evaluative. In the first part of this paper (I), I examine Sibley’s study of normativity with regard to his version of thick aesthetic concepts. In the...
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Nederlands Genootschap voor Esthetica (Dutch Association of Aesthetics)
2016-12-01
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| description | Thick aesthetic concepts such as ‘gracious’, ‘delicate’ and ‘virtuous’ are, according to the standard theory, characterised as both descriptive and evaluative. In the first part of this paper (I), I examine Sibley’s study of normativity with regard to his version of thick aesthetic concepts. In the second part (II), I concentrate on Zangwill’s recourse to Grice’s theory of implicature and the normative demands this move makes on the process. Finally (III), I develop a sketch that shows which contextual considerations precede the selection process of thick aesthetic concepts and how normative demands govern eventual selections. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f01c6dbac5a148079b8685787ce1c8cb2022-12-21T20:06:17ZengNederlands Genootschap voor Esthetica (Dutch Association of Aesthetics)Aesthetic Investigations2352-27042016-12-011210.5281/zenodo.4027399Normativity and Thick Aesthetic ConceptsKai-Uwe Hoffmann0Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena Department of PhilosophyThick aesthetic concepts such as ‘gracious’, ‘delicate’ and ‘virtuous’ are, according to the standard theory, characterised as both descriptive and evaluative. In the first part of this paper (I), I examine Sibley’s study of normativity with regard to his version of thick aesthetic concepts. In the second part (II), I concentrate on Zangwill’s recourse to Grice’s theory of implicature and the normative demands this move makes on the process. Finally (III), I develop a sketch that shows which contextual considerations precede the selection process of thick aesthetic concepts and how normative demands govern eventual selections.https://www.aestheticinvestigations.eu/index.php/journal/article/view/99normativitythick aesthetic concepts |
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| title_short | Normativity and Thick Aesthetic Concepts |
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