Being for Beauty: Aesthetic Agency and Value [Book Review]

British Journal of Aesthetics 60 (1):99-102 (2020)
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Book Review of Being for Beauty: Aesthetic Agency and Value, by Dominic McIver Lopes. This review summarizes the book's main thread of argument and Lopes' positive view, which he dubs the "network theory". It ends by reflecting on whether Lopes' account of aesthetic normativity is ultimately satisfactory.

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