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Ideas of Stephen Davies, by Text
[New Zealand, fl. 2016, Professor at the University of Auckland.]
2016
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The Philosophy of Art (2nd ed)
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1.2
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p.6
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20384
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The idea that art forms are linked into a single concept began in the 1740s
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1.2
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p.7
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20387
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Aesthetic experience involves perception, but also imagination and understanding
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1.2
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p.7
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20385
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The faculty of 'taste' was posited to explain why only some people had aesthetic appreciation
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1.2
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p.7
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20386
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The sublime is negative in awareness of insignificance, and positive in showing understanding
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2.1
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p.24
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20388
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'Necessary' conditions are requirements, and 'sufficient' conditions are guarantees
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2.1
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p.24
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20389
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A definition of a thing gives all the requirements which add up to a guarantee of it
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2.2
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p.27
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20391
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Feminists warn that ideologies use timeless objective definitions as a tool of repression
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2.2
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p.27
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20390
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Defining art as representation or expression or form were all undermined by the avant-garde
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2.5
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p.33
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20392
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'Aesthetic functionalism' says art is what is intended to create aesthetic experiences
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2.5
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p.36
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20393
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The 'institutional' theory says art is just something appropriately placed in the 'artworld'
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3.5
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p.67
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20395
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The title of a painting can be vital, and the artist decrees who the portrait represents
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3.6
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p.71
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20396
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We must know what the work is meant to be, to evaluate the artist's achievement
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4.3
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p.85
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20397
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If we could perfectly clone the Mona Lisa, the original would still be special
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4.4
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p.90
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20398
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Art that is multiply instanced may require at least one instance
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5.3
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p.111
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20399
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Intentionalism says either meaning just is intention, or ('moderate') meaning is successful intention
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5.4
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p.116
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20401
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The meaning is given by the audience's best guess at the author's intentions
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6.4
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p.141
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20402
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Music is too definite to be put into words (not too indefinite!)
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6.4
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p.142
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20405
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Music may be expressive by being 'associated' with other emotional words or events
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6.4
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p.143
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20403
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It seems unlikely that sad music expresses a composer's sadness; it takes ages to write
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6.4
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p.144
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20404
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Music isn't just sad because it makes the listener feel sad
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8.7
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p.214
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22704
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Immorality may or may not be an artistic defect
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8.7
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p.216
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22705
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If the depiction of evil is glorified, that is an artistic flaw
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8.7
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p.218
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22707
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It is an artistic defect if excessive moral outrage distorts the story, and narrows our sympathies
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8.7
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p.218
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22706
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A work which seeks approval for immorality, but alienates the audience, is a failure
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