Concept

Classificatory disputes about art

Overview

Art historians and philosophers of art have long had classificatory disputes about art regarding whether a particular cultural artifact or manmade object should be classified as art. Disputes continue about what does and does not count as art.

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Philosophers who discussed Classificatory disputes about art

• Arthur Danto

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• John Dewey
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• Ludwig Wittgenstein
• Leo Tolstoy
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• Boethius
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Place in the tradition

Part of Aesthetics.

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