The institutional theory of art is one of the few proposals in twentieth-century aesthetics that almost everyone has read and almost no one believes. George Dickie's version is the one most often taught: an artwork,...
What the Institutional Theory of Art Still Gets Wrong
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Helpful summary. I'd push back gently on the second half, but I'll save that for a longer comment when I have time.
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Helpful summary. I'd push back gently on the second half, but I'll save that for a longer comment when I have time.
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Curious about your view on the connection to {RELATED_TOPIC} — I've always read this debate as more sensitive to that background than the literature admits.
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