Full Idea
"It is all a matter of taste" may be an all-purpose stopper of discussions of aesthetic values, but it also completely severs the connection with the actual properties of the object under consideration.
Gist of Idea
Saying 'It's all a matter to taste' ignores the properties of the object discussed
Source
Robert Fogelin (Walking the Tightrope of Reason [2003], Ch.6)
Book Reference
Fogelin,Robert: 'Walking the Tightrope of Reason' [OUP 2004], p.146
A Reaction
This remark grows out of his discussion of Hume. I like this remark, which ties in with Particularism in morality, and with the central role of experiments in science. The world forces beliefs on us.