My paper on aesthetic reactive attitudes is now out in Phil Imprint! This one took many years and several dramatically different forms, and I'm really happy with the final version. Thanks @bweatherson.bsky.social for the nice summary, and be sure to check out all the papers that dropped today :)
Robbie Kubala
Robbie Kubala (@rkubala.bsky.social) argues that when we hold artists responsible for their work, we're responding to their aesthetic judgment, their capacity to be guided by aesthetic value, not their technical skill or moral attitudes.
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In addition to praising and criticizing works of art, we can and do hold artists responsible for their artistic productions. Building on a suggestion from Susan Wolf, this paper develops a Strawsonian...