Can You Judge Art Objectively?

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Published 2019-02-11
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Can you judge art objectively?
No, you Kant.

In this video, I take a look at the literary theories of David Hume and Immanuel Kant to help explain why our judgments about art are always subjective.

Watch Jack Saint’s video too!
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Works Cited:

David Hume, “Of The Standard Of Taste.”
web.csulb.edu/~jvancamp/361r15.html

Immanuel Kant, “The Critique Of Judgment.”
oll.libertyfund.org/titles/kant-the-critique-of-ju…

Alexander Pope, “An Essay On Criticism.”
www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/69379/an-essay-o…

Sartwell, Crispin, "Beauty", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2017 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2017/entries/beauty…

Patrick (H) Willems, “Shut Up About Plot Holes”
   • SHUT UP ABOUT PLOT HOLES  

Film Crit Hulk, “Film Crit Hulk Smash: Hulk vs. Plot Holes and Movie Logic:”
birthmoviesdeath.com/2012/10/30/film-crit-hulk-sma…

Rocket jump, “How Star Wars Was Saved In The Edit”
   • How Star Wars was saved in the edit  

Lindsay Ellis, “Death Of The Author”
   • Death of the Author  

Also, watch this:
Philosophy Tube, “Is Philosophy Just White Guys J3rk!ng Off?”
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