Must Reasons Be Either Theoretical or Practical? Aesthetic Criticism and Appreciative Reasons
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A long debate in aesthetics concerns the reasoned nature of criticism. The main questions ask whether criticism is based on (normative) reasons, critics communicate reasons fo...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Australasian Journal of Philosophy
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1471-6828', '1470-6828', '0004-8402']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00048402.2021.1910964