It is frequently claimed that we can learn very little, if anything, about the aesthetic character
of an artwork (or other object of aesthetic appraisal) on the basis of testimony. Such …

Subjective predicates have two interpretive and distributional characteristics that have
resisted a comprehensive analysis. First, the use of a subjective predicate to describe an …

The normativity of morality is often considered to be unique. Moral normativity is typically
regarded as having evaluative and deontic dimensions, a domain of value and of obligation …

Relying on aesthetic testimony seems problematic. For instance, it seems problematic for me
to simply believe or assert that The Velvet Underground's debut album The Velvet …

This is a paper about the nature of snobbery and the undermining import of a charge of
snobbery. On my account, snobs sincerely attempt to identify and correctly evaluate the …

In this paper, I introduce an account of aesthetic understanding. Recent discussions of
aesthetic understanding have associated it with aesthetic justification and with …

Making an adequate aesthetic judgment about an object or an aesthetic property requires
first-hand experience of that object or property. Many have suggested that this principle is a …

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 …

Unlike its moral and intellectual counterparts, the virtue of aesthetic humility has been widely
neglected. In order to begin filling in this gap, I argue that Kant's aesthetics is a promising …

Is there tension in a view of the conditions of being in a proper position to make aesthetic
evaluations that is committed to aesthetic autonomy and norms of exposure? I define …