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The Definition of Art
The Definition of Art

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[Revised entry by Thomas Adajian on July 30, 2024.
Changes to: Main text, Bibliography, notes.html]
The definition of art is controversial in contemporary philosophy. Whether art can be defined has also been a matter of controversy. The philosophical usefulness of a definition of art has also been debated. There is also disagreement, at a second-order level, about how to classify definitions of…

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