The Concept of the Aesthetic
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[Revised entry by James Shelley on August 24, 2026.
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Introduced into the Western European philosophical lexicon during the 18th century, the term 'aesthetic' has come to designate, among other things, a kind of object, a kind of judgment, a kind of attitude, a kind of experience, and a kind of value. For the most part, aesthetic theories have divided over questions particular to one or another of these designations: whether artworks are necessarily aesthetic
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Introduced into the Western European philosophical lexicon during the 18th century, the term 'aesthetic' has come to designate, among other things, a kind of object, a kind of judgment, a kind of attitude, a kind of experience, and a kind of value. For the most part, aesthetic theories have divided over questions particular to one or another of these designations: whether artworks are necessarily aesthetic
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