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Battin, Margaret P. | Dreariness of aesthetics (continued), with a remedy | In 1951, J. A. Passmore shamelessly titled an essay "The Dreariness of Aesthetics." Drawing on John Wisdom's earlier complaints, he denounced aesthetics' dullness, its pretentiousness, and the fact that it was "peculiarly unilluminating." What Passmore had in mind were the vapid abstractions and m... | Aesthetics; Aestheticians; Art; Beauty | 1986 |
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