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The problem of taste to the experimental test
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A series of recent experimental studies have cast doubt on the existence of a traditional tension that aestheticians have noted in our aesthetic judgments and practices, viz. the problem of taste. The existence of the problem has been acknowledged since Hume and Kant, though not enough has been done to analyse it in depth. In this paper, we remedy this by proposing six possible conceptualizations of it. Drawing on our analysis of the problem of taste, we argue that the experimental results in question are not a real challenge to its existence. By contrast, they provide empirical evidence in its support.
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CONTESI, Filippo, et al. The problem of taste to the experimental test. Analysis. 2024. ISSN 0003-2638. [consulted: 12 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/225650