PHL 365 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Age Of Enlightenment, Personal Taste
2 Apr 2016
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September 25th, 2015 the problem of taste. The subject has some mental states perceiving the box, thinking about the box. The object is what these mental projections are about defined by the subject (different definitions) Something about experience, not about the object itself. Thus, we cannot have authority over other people"s judgements. Because we are talking about our own experiences, no one can dispute this fact no one can judge what give me pleasure. Pain and pleasure cannot be corrected (because it is individualistic) Question: how does this relate to stolnitz account of aesthetic attitude: putting aside your own biases, and approaching it on your own, ducasse thinks personal differences give rise to different aesthetic tastes. Question: how do we go about choosing the best piece of art: ranking works of art is confused. Authority over our own choices we should not have to accept other people"s opinions of what they think we should like.
