Journal article
Aesthetic Snobbery
Philosophy compass, Vol.18(9), e12940
09/2023
DOI: 10.1111/phc3.12940
Appears in UI Libraries Support Open Access
Abstract
This essay briefly introduces and contextualizes the extant work on aesthetic snobbery, and identifies some areas for further inquiry. Currently four kinds of snobbery have been identified-social contagion snobbery, attitudinal snobbery, contextual snobbery, and straight-up classist snobbery. Interestingly, each kind of snobbery is thought to manifest itself as a distinct epistemic failing, and for this reason they are advanced as distinct, non-competing kinds of snobbery. Some snob's aesthetic judgments will be false or unjustified (social-contagion and straight-up classist), some will be unfitting (contextual), and some will fail to have an apt attitude toward their aesthetic judgment (attitudinal). Because the debate has been framed so narrowly, on how the vice of aesthetic snobbery undermines aesthetic judgment, several fruitful areas of philosophical investigation remain unexplored.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Aesthetic Snobbery
- Creators
- Stephanie Patridge - University of Iowa, Law Faculty
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Philosophy compass, Vol.18(9), e12940
- DOI
- 10.1111/phc3.12940
- ISSN
- 1747-9991
- eISSN
- 1747-9991
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Number of pages
- 8
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/2023
- Academic Unit
- Law Faculty; Philosophy
- Record Identifier
- 9984458758802771
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