Aesthetic knowledge / Jon Robson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robson, Jon, author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in epistemology

Cambridge elements. Elements in epistemology, 2398-0567

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aesthetics.

Epistemic logic.

Knowledge, Sociology of.

sociology of knowledge.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (66 pages).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Summary:

"How do we arrive at aesthetic knowledge? This might seem an odd question for philosophers to ask. Some will take its answer to be obvious: we learn about the aesthetic qualities of paintings by looking at them, of musical works by listening to them, and so on. Others will take the question to be misguided, how can there be aesthetic knowledge when aesthetics is merely 'a matter of taste'? Finally, aesthetic knowledge itself might seem singularly unimportant. We don't engage with beautiful artworks to learn that they're beautiful but, rather, to appreciate that beauty. This Element argues that each of these objections is misplaced. Aesthetic knowledge is both valuable and attainable, but canonical philosophical (and folk) views of how we attain it are mistaken. The Element surveys some recent arguments against the reliability of aesthetic perception and in favour of other, more social, sources of aesthetic knowledge"-- Cambridge University Press.

Contents:

Some orthodoxies of aesthetic knowledge

The problems of aesthetic perception

Disputing about taste

Aesthetic knowledge : how to get it and why you want it.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 17, 2025).

Other Format:

Print version: Robson, Jon. Aesthetic knowledge

ISBN:

9781009358545

1009358545

9781009358521

1009358529

OCLC:

1547478024

Publisher Number:

CIPO000296016

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license