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'fragments/reports', 'Beauty: a very short introduction' and 'The Philosophy of Art (2nd ed)'
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21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 2. Aesthetic Attitude
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The pleasure taken in beauty also aims at understanding and valuing [Scruton]
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Art gives us imaginary worlds which we can view impartially [Scruton]
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Aesthetic experience involves perception, but also imagination and understanding [Davies,S]
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21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 3. Taste
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The faculty of 'taste' was posited to explain why only some people had aesthetic appreciation [Davies,S]
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21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 4. Beauty
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Maybe 'beauty' is too loaded, and we should talk of fittingness or harmony [Scruton]
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Beauty shows us what we should want in order to achieve human fulfilment [Scruton]
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Beauty is rationally founded, inviting meaning, comparison and self-reflection [Scruton]
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21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 5. Natural Beauty
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Natural beauty reassures us that the world is where we belong [Scruton]
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21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 6. The Sublime
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The sublime is negative in awareness of insignificance, and positive in showing understanding [Davies,S]
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