The cluster account of art defended

British Journal of Aesthetics 45 (3):273-288 (2005)
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This paper replies to objections from Thomas Adajian, Stephen Davies, and Robert Stecker to my claim, defended in ‘"Art" as a Cluster Concept’, that ‘art’ is a cluster concept and so cannot be defined. The paper also clarifies and extends the arguments of the earlier paper and locates its position in relation to the work of Morris Weitz.

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The role of theory in aesthetics.Morris Weitz - 1956 - Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 15 (1):27-35.
Family Resemblances and Generalization concerning the Arts.Maurice Mandelbaum - 1965 - American Philosophical Quarterly 2 (3):219 - 228.
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The Cluster Theory of Art.S. Davies & J. Robinson - 2004 - British Journal of Aesthetics 44 (3):297-300.
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