On Davies' institutional definition of art

Southern Journal of Philosophy 29 (3):371-382 (1991)
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This paper is a critique of Stephen Davies' institutional definition of art. I argue that Davies' definition suffers from a range of problems.

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00384283

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10.1111/j.2041-6962.1991.tb00597.x

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