Testimony, Understanding, and Art Criticism

In Christy Mag Uidhir (ed.), Philosophy and Art: New Essays at the Intersection. Oxford University Press (forthcoming)
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Abstract

I present a puzzle – the “puzzle of aesthetic testimony” – along with a solution to it that appeals to the impossibility of testimonial understanding. I'll criticize this solution by defending the possibility of testimonial understanding, including testimonial aesthetic understanding.

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Allan Hazlett
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Knowledge of things and aesthetic testimony.Chris Ranalli - forthcoming - Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy.
Understanding and Testimony.Allan Hazlett - 2024 - In Jennifer Lackey & Aidan McGlynn (eds.), Oxford Handbook of Social Epistemology. Oxford University Press.

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No understanding without explanation.Michael Strevens - 2013 - Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 44 (3):510-515.
Understanding Why.Alison Hills - 2015 - Noûs 49 (2):661-688.

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