Single Idea 18543

[catalogued under 2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 7. Status of Reason]

Full Idea

The judgement of beauty makes a claim about its object, and can be supported by reasons. But the reasons do not compel the judgement and can be rejected without contradiction. So are they reasons or aren't they?

Gist of Idea

Do aesthetic reasons count as reasons, if they are rejectable without contradiction?

Source

Roger Scruton (Beauty: a very short introduction [2011], 1)

Book Reference

Scruton,Roger: 'Beauty: A Very Short Introduction' [OUP 2011], p.7


A Reaction

I suspect that what he is really referring to is evidence rather than reasons.