Aesthetic normativity and suitable prompting

Authors

  • Rob van Gerwen Utrecht University (Editor-in-Chief)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.58519/aesthinv.v4i1.11920

Keywords:

aesthetic normativity, aspect blindness, autism, Wittgenstein, Wollheim, philosophical aesthetics, empirical aesthetics

Abstract

This Editor's column summarises some of the insights I got from Richard Wollheim over the years, and from a recent Teams-chat with students in my class. Most notably: the role of suitable prompting in aesthetic normativity. In a sense, these insights help me understand this remark from Wittgenstein: `The existence of the experimental method makes us think we have the means of solving the problems which trouble us; though problem and method pass one another by.' (Wittgenstein, Philosophical Investigations, 232e).

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Published

2020-12-31

How to Cite

van Gerwen, Rob. 2020. “Aesthetic Normativity and Suitable Prompting”. Aesthetic Investigations 4 (1). Utrecht, NL:i-vii. https://doi.org/10.58519/aesthinv.v4i1.11920.