A thought experiment by Kendall Walton regarding this field imagines a society where one object’s “flatness” is relevant to the categories of this field. One text distinguishes this field from the intellectual through the interaction of a “live creature” with its environment. George Dickie’s “institutional” theory of a concept in this field was influenced by Arthur Danto’s idea of a “world” of that concept. A John Dewey book that argues against excluding “useful” objects such as pottery and rugs characterizes this field “as experience.” That book pushed back against Kant’s third critique, which describes four possible judgments made within this field that include the sublime. For 10 points, name this field of philosophy that studies beauty and art. ■END■
ANSWER: aesthetics [accept art until read; accept “Categories of Art” or Art as Experience; accept artworld; prompt on philosophy until read]
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