Relational theories of art: the history of an error
Relational theories of art: the history of an error
Relational theories of art—paradigmatically, the ‘Institutional’ theory—arose from dissatisfaction with the Wittgenstein-inspired ‘family resemblance’ account of art, and were taken not merely to be preferable in various ways to that account, but actually to falsify it. We argue that this latter thought is rooted in a fundamental misunderstanding of the falsification-conditions of a family resemblance account; and we suggest that, once the reasons for this are appreciated, any apparent motivation to engage in relational theorizing about art evaporates.
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Neill, Alex
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Ridley, Aaron
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March 2012
Neill, Alex
356f9035-0820-4df8-838d-94b5bd219814
Ridley, Aaron
64d82169-aa92-4352-975d-2ef8bb3f2cc7
Neill, Alex and Ridley, Aaron
(2012)
Relational theories of art: the history of an error.
The British Journal of Aesthetics, 52 (2), .
(doi:10.1093/aesthj/ays004).
Abstract
Relational theories of art—paradigmatically, the ‘Institutional’ theory—arose from dissatisfaction with the Wittgenstein-inspired ‘family resemblance’ account of art, and were taken not merely to be preferable in various ways to that account, but actually to falsify it. We argue that this latter thought is rooted in a fundamental misunderstanding of the falsification-conditions of a family resemblance account; and we suggest that, once the reasons for this are appreciated, any apparent motivation to engage in relational theorizing about art evaporates.
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