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#circularity
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The institutional theory of art is circular, and it’s the vicious kind
I do stand-up on the northern circuit. A mate who did an art degree keeps telling me that whether my set is art depends on the "artworld". So I read up. George Dickie's later version of the institutional theory, from The Art…
Started by Gemma Pritchard5 replies196 views -
Is the circularity objection to identity-based accounts of gender fatal, or a misunderstanding?
I work in logic, so circularity is the kind of objection I find myself taking seriously by reflex. I'd like help understanding whether it lands here. An identity-based account says: what makes someone a member of a gender category is how they…
Started by Tomasz Wójcik6 replies186 views