Higher-Order evidence in aesthetics
Higher-Order evidence in aesthetics
In this introduction, I explain the notion of higher-order evidence and explore its bearing on aesthetic judgement. I start by illustrating how reflection on cases involving higher-order evidence engages with well-established concerns in aesthetics, specifically, how it might reveal tensions within and between widely recognised aesthetic ideals governing aesthetic judgement. Next, I show how attention to higher-order evidence in relation to aesthetic judgement might expose limitations or assumptions of theories in epistemology, where the nature and significance of higher-order evidence with respect to belief is the focus of much recent attention. The aim is not to resolve the issues but to demonstrate the significance of higher-order evidence in aesthetics and, in doing so, encourage work on the topic in and across aesthetics and epistemology.
Whiting, Daniel
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Whiting, Daniel
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Whiting, Daniel
(2022)
Higher-Order evidence in aesthetics.
The British Journal of Aesthetics.
(doi:10.1093/aesthj/ayac073).
(In Press)
Abstract
In this introduction, I explain the notion of higher-order evidence and explore its bearing on aesthetic judgement. I start by illustrating how reflection on cases involving higher-order evidence engages with well-established concerns in aesthetics, specifically, how it might reveal tensions within and between widely recognised aesthetic ideals governing aesthetic judgement. Next, I show how attention to higher-order evidence in relation to aesthetic judgement might expose limitations or assumptions of theories in epistemology, where the nature and significance of higher-order evidence with respect to belief is the focus of much recent attention. The aim is not to resolve the issues but to demonstrate the significance of higher-order evidence in aesthetics and, in doing so, encourage work on the topic in and across aesthetics and epistemology.
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Accepted/In Press date: 14 December 2022
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Funding: Arts and Humanities Research Council (grant number AH/S006338/1)
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/473572
ISSN: 0007-0904
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