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The Aesthetic Enkratic Principle

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ID4159397
AuthorsIrene Martínez Marín (0000-0002-9906-4973, Uppsala University, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume63
Issue2
Pages251-268
Publication date2023-05-24
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe British Journal of Aesthetics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-0904 • E-ISSN: 1468-2842
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/aesthj/ayac059
OpenAlexW4309845791
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited35

There is a dimension of rationality, known as structural rationality, according to which a paradigmatic example of what it means to be rational is not to be akratic. Although some philosophers claim that aesthetics falls within the scope of rationality, a non-akrasia constraint prohibiting certain combinations of attitudes is yet to be developed in this domain. This essay is concerned with the question of whether such a requirement is plausible and, if so, whether it is an actual requirement of aesthetic rationality. Ultimately, this paper defends the view that aesthetics is no different from other domains in that it requires coherence between a subject's mental states (in the aesthetic case, between what is judged and what is aesthetically liked

Aesthetics · Constraint (computer-aided design · Dimension (graph theory · Epistemology · Rationality · Scope (computer science · Sociology · Subject (documents · Computer Science · Ethics, Aesthetics, and Art · Mathematics · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy · Philosophy and Theoretical Science

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Unique citing works5
Citations per year2,5
Citation span2024 - 2025 (2)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 5

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