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Critique of Frank Sibley’s Aesthetic Objectivity
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Seyyed Mohammad Hadi Musavi Rokni *   |
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Abstract: (7798 Views) |
Aesthetics objectivity or subjectivity has
always been a noteworthy philosophical
problem for aesthetic philosophers during the
history of thought. History of such a discussion
could be pursued from Plato’s dialogues
with aesthetics objectivity to Kant’s third
critique which perches on top of aesthetics
subjectivity. The question about aesthetics
objectivity or subjectivity would be like this:
if the aesthetics qualities have objective truth
so is it true to attribute them to things or they
are just subjective attributes being different
among people? Theorizing about this is one of the most challenging discussion in philosophical
aesthetics. Instead of endless disussions about
aesthetics subjectivity or objectivity, Frank
Sibley as an effective aesthetic philosopher in
twentieth century tried to propell it to colors’
objectivity and to prove, on this basis, the
objectivity of aesthetic qualities. In this paper while clarifying Sibley’s
point of view, I will try to criticize his theory
and to see if he was successful in gaining
victory against sophists and subjectivists or
not. Finally, it will be concluded that although
Sibley has failed in proving the objectivity of
aesthetic concepts, he has opened a way that
can help people for importing philosophy in
their life and that’s what really important.
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| Keywords: Frank Sibley, objectivity, subjectivity, aesthetic terms |
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Type of Study: Research |
Subject:
Special
Received: 2015/07/12 | Accepted: 2015/07/12
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