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Context, causality, and appreciation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 March 2013

Stephanie Ross
Stephanie Ross*
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, University of Missouri–St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63121. sross@umsl.eduwww.umsl.edu
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Abstract

I applaud and elaborate on the contextualism at the heart of Bullot & Reber's (B&R's) theory, challenge two aspects of the appreciative structure they posit (the causal reasoning that allegedly underlies the design stance and the segregation of the component stages), suggest that expert and novice appreciators operate differently, and question the degree to which B&R's final theory is open to empirical investigation.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 36 , Issue 2 , April 2013 , pp. 155 - 156
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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