Episode 231: Ideal Critics (Hume's "Of the Standard of Taste")
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Are You Better Judges of the Goodness of a Work of Art?
Q. Is there a difference between being able to discern, make differenc and notice things, verses judging those things to be beautiful or not? A. I think the because i think this comes right in the section where if you're going to be a good judge of a work of art, one of the things you need to do is compare it to all sorts of different other kinds of art. Find things in it that, like, other people wouldn't find. And in doing that, you are able to appreciate it,. Like i think he assumes, and i think he's right, that being able to do that makes you have a richer appreciation for the work of art than someone who
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