Hume's Standard of Taste 0.0 / 5 ? AgriculturenllUniversityEdexcel Created by: A. PersonCreated on: 17-05-18 18:13 Who famously influenced Hume? Hutcheson and Sentimentalism 1 of 36 What was Sentimentalism? Qualities in objects trigger 'sense', which we respond to 2 of 36 What is 'Taste' The faculty which discerns beauty with pleasure 3 of 36 In addition to sense, what does Hume think pleasure comes from? Reason 4 of 36 What is the source of beauty in objects? Multiple, irreducible causes 5 of 36 What is the central dilemma Hume faces? Diversity (difference in taste) + Incorrigibility/apparent superiority 6 of 36 Dispositional Response to the Dilemma? Objects have properties with disposition to cause sentiments 7 of 36 Objection to dispositional response Ontological: divorces beauty from sentiment; Epistemic - could infer beauty 8 of 36 Evidence for dispositional response Structure of mind, qualities of objects: 'calculated to give pleasure' 9 of 36 What are the capacities of critics? Strong sense; Delicacy of taste; practice; comparison; no prejudice 10 of 36 How does Hume explain diversity? Personality differences (humours); cultural context; defects 11 of 36 How to prove superiority of taste? Can use a principle to show dissenter that an principle of art is applicable 12 of 36 Problem of Proof How could a critic prove a principle applies? 13 of 36 Problem of Circularity Criterion of beauty; criterion of critic 14 of 36 Descriptivist Response to Circularity Criterion of good critic can include their capacities 15 of 36 Problem of Relativism Taste depends on sentiment; sentiments vary; so taste depends on person, culture, etc 16 of 36 Response to Relativism Judgement of taste durable: based on sentiments present in all humanity 17 of 36 What does Hume say about universality of sentiments? 'Uniformity in the general sentiments of mankind' - all general rules founded on observation of common sentiments 18 of 36 Problem of Tragedy Object of distress which pleases in tragedy would in reality make us uneasy! 19 of 36 Conversion Response to Tragedy Turning NEGATIVE into a POSITIVE 20 of 36 Intellectualism Problem [Objects] Almost exclusively literary: epics, tragedies, Homer, Virgil 21 of 36 Intellectualism Problem [Virgil] Mututal relation, correspondence of parts - composition as 'chain of propositions' 22 of 36 Hutcheson and Addison on Intellectual Objects Beauty in theorems; understanding reflects in imagination 23 of 36 Elitism Problem [Example] 'Peasant' pleased by 'coarsest daubing' 24 of 36 Elitism Problem [Social Problem] Good crit. requires development; requires time and resources few can invest 25 of 36 Elitism Problem [Natural Problem] Seems must have natural potential to develop capacities 26 of 36 Response to elitism 1 Hume is simply reporting on empirical facts, not making normative judgements 27 of 36 Response to elitism 2 Prescription: limits to unmerited authority; status elsewhere doesn't equal as critic 28 of 36 Problem: Imperialism 'Barbarous' tastes... Marion Young: we universalise our dominant experience as a norm 29 of 36 Problem of Egoism Taste involves pleasure. Sentiment --> hedonism, pluralism, egoism 30 of 36 Levinson on the problem of Egoism Why care abut what's 'truly' beautiful if you don't appreciate them? Not rational to want to emulate critics! 31 of 36 Response to Egoism Delicacy of Taste an intrinsically desirable quality? 32 of 36 What does Hume say of Sentiment Does NOT represent what's really in the object, but a relation 33 of 36 What are the general principles? Some forms/qualities SHOULD please, and failure can indicate defect. Fever example. 34 of 36 What is delicacy of taste? Enlarges the sphere of happiness and misery: sensitive to all properties 35 of 36 What is the standard of beauty? The joint verdict of critics 36 of 36
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