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Data and Theory in Aesthetics: Philosophical Understanding and Misunderstanding

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 January 2010

Ronald Hepburn
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This paper has a twofold structure: both parts concern philosophy's understanding (or misunderstanding) of its data—in the area of aesthetics. The first part (I) considers aesthetics as philosophy of art: the second part (II) considers aesthetics as concerned also with the appreciation of nature.

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Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements , Volume 41 , September 1996 , pp. 235 - 252
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Philosophy and the contributors 1996

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