Intersections of Value investigates the universal human need for aesthetic experience. It
examines three appreciative contexts where aesthetic value plays a central role: art, nature …

There are parallel debates in aesthetics and metaethics about the epistemic merits of
deference. 1 Most hold that there is something amiss with purely deferential beliefs. The …

Debates about the semantics and pragmatics of predicates of personal taste (PPT) have
largely centered on contextualist and relativist proposals. In this paper, I argue in favor of an …

Aesthetic testimony is testimony about aesthetic properties. For example, in a straightforward
case, one person might tell another that something is beautiful. Philosophical discussion …

Many philosophers believe that aesthetic testimony can provide aesthetic knowledge. This
leaves us with the question: why does getting aesthetic knowledge by experience–by seeing …

This paper discusses methodological issues of two recent experiments conducted by
Christopher Bartel, and Elzė S. Mikalonytė and Vilius Dranseika, respectively, about the …

Current debates in food aesthetics are moving away from a focus on whether food is art, and
worries about the subjectivity and objectivity of taste, and towards questions about food's …

This book offers a wide-ranging yet concise introduction to the many philosophical issues
surrounding food production and consumption. It begins with discussions of the …

Aesthetic judgements that are formed on the basis of testimony are commonly held to be
defective, illegitimate, or otherwise problematic. This book assesses the debate surrounding …

This paper explores taste fragmentalism, a novel approach to matters of taste and faultless
disagreement. The view is inspired by Kit Fine's fragmentalism about time, according to …