Can Art be defined? Flashcards

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What property does Weitz explicitly argue is not necessary for being a work of art?

A

being an artifact

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Weitz uses the phrase ‘logic of the concept of art’ to refer to what

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the way people actually use art

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According to Weitz, why do traditional theories of Art go wrong?

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because they re-define art in terms of a good or valuable feature

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Two instances of the concept might share no features in common– what is this concept in reference to?

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The family resemblance concept

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