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| - | "What I am arguing, then, is that the very expansive, adventurous character of art, its ever-present changes and novel creations, makes it logically impossible to ensure any set of [[Classificatory disputes about art|defining properties]]. We can, of course, choose to [[closed concept|close the concept]]. But to do this with "art" or "tragedy" or "portraiture," etc., is ludicrous since it forecloses on the very conditions of [[creativity]] in the arts." --"[[The Role of Theory in Aesthetics]]" (1956) by [[Morris Weitz]] | + | "What I am arguing, then, is that the very expansive, adventurous character of [[art]], its ever-present changes and novel creations, makes it logically impossible to ensure any set of [[Classificatory disputes about art|defining properties]]. We can, of course, choose to [[closed concept|close the concept]]. But to do this with "art" or "tragedy" or "portraiture," etc., is ludicrous since it forecloses on the very conditions of [[creativity]] in the arts." --"[[The Role of Theory in Aesthetics]]" (1956) by [[Morris Weitz]] |
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"What I am arguing, then, is that the very expansive, adventurous character of art, its ever-present changes and novel creations, makes it logically impossible to ensure any set of defining properties. We can, of course, choose to close the concept. But to do this with "art" or "tragedy" or "portraiture," etc., is ludicrous since it forecloses on the very conditions of creativity in the arts." --"The Role of Theory in Aesthetics" (1956) by Morris Weitz |
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A closed concept is a concept where all the necessary and sufficient conditions required to include something within the concept can be listed. For example, the concept of a triangle is closed because a three-sided polygon, and only a three-sided polygon, is a triangle. All the conditions required to call something a triangle can be, and are, listed.
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