Some Difficulties with the Reidian Argument for Aesthetic Realism

Laurent Jaffro (1, 2)

1 PHIER - Laboratoire Philosophies et Rationalités
2 PHICO - Centre de philosophie contemporaine de la Sorbonne

Aesthetic realism claims that (1) there are aesthetic properties to which our aesthetic judgements point or react and (2) these properties exist in the objects independently of our aesthetic judgements. The aim of this paper is to discuss some arguments pro and contra strong aesthetic realism in the Reidian fashion.

Mots clés: aesthetic realism; Thomas Reid; aesthetic properties; aesthetic pleasure; subjectivism

Domaines: Philosophie

Laurent Jaffro. Some Difficulties with the Reidian Argument for Aesthetic Realism. 14th Conference of Japan-Korea Aesthetic Studies Society, 2008, Japan. pp.129-142. ⟨halshs-00323356v2⟩