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Questioning the necessity of the aesthetic modes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 March 2013

Katherine Tullmann
Katherine Tullmann*
Affiliation:
The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, Philosophy & Cognitive Science, New York, NY 10016. ktullmann@gc.cuny.eduhttp://web.gc.cuny.edu/philosophy/
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Abstract

I question both the necessity and the sufficiency of Bullot & Reber's (B&R's) aesthetic modes. I argue that they have not shown how the aesthetic modes are truly “aesthetic” – how they concern our experience of artworks as opposed to other kinds of experiences or why the modes are individually necessary for one. I suggest the causal dependence of the modes should be modified.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 36 , Issue 2 , April 2013 , pp. 160 - 161
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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