# Debates in Aesthetics
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- Author: [[British Society Of Aesthetics]]
- Full Title: Debates in Aesthetics
- Category: #articles
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- URL: https://readwise.io/reader/document_raw_content/470872150
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> This paper argues that the correct categories of artworks are institutionally established through social processes. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01kw96fa8fdhdrh4sfxdc58jyg))
> That is, the artist could set a self-serving bar for her work. It is odd that a work that is only incoherent and sloppy should be interpreted as a symbol of something significant or evaluated positively simply because
> the artist intended it to be a piece of *Absurdist fiction* . ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01kw971wcyehjphsw1pzjs57c4))
> Francesco Guala, in *Understanding Institutions* (2016), characterizes institutions as rules-in-equilibrium. By integrating the rule theories and equilibrium theories of institutions, Guala's approach compensates for the shortcomings of each. If institutions are rules, we can explain the aspects that normatively guide behaviours. However, if they are merely rules, and not equilibria, the difference between followed institutions and those that are not is unclear. If institutions are equilibria, we can understand whether they are followed by seeing whether there are enough incentives. However, if they are merely equilibria, and not rules, we cannot explain the aspects that guide behaviours. Guala employs the concept of correlated equilibrium in coordination games to show that institutions are rules *and* equilibria. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01kw97zj372pdj5zr83b151t1f))
> The category that helps me notice a work's severe flaws and points out how it fails to achieve its goals is my preferred one because it deepens my understanding of that artwork. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01kw9835vxqfvqp8hhz2xn30rs))
> With this in mind, the origin of a category can be described in two phases. In the *institutionalizing phase* , critics attempt various appreciative behaviours. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01kw9r9vrehhr71r9fvb0mjb1g))