Ep. 16: Bad Art, Aesthetic Value, and the Mere Exposure Effect | A Discussion with Aaron Meskin скачать в хорошем качестве

Ep. 16: Bad Art, Aesthetic Value, and the Mere Exposure Effect | A Discussion with Aaron Meskin

Aaron Meskin (University of Georgia | he/him) and Brandon Polite (Knox College | he/him) discuss Meskin's article "Mere Exposure to Bad Art" (British Journal of Aesthetics 2013: https://doi.org/10.1093/aesthj/ays060), co-authored with Mark Phelan, Margaret Moore, and Matthew Kieran. We begin by considering the motivation for the article. Specifically, a skeptical view might arise from psychologist James Cutting's work on mere exposure to art, according to which mere exposure (rather than aesthetic value) might best explain, among other things, the formation of artistic canons and why certain works pass the test of time. We then discuss Meskin and his co-authors's experiment, which exposed students to both good and bad paintings. We consider why they chose some of American painter Thomas Kinkade's works for the samples of bad art, what makes Kinkade's works bad, and why some people nevertheless find them good. Next, we consider the results of the experiment and the conclusions Meskin and his co-author's draw from them. They found that the more subjects were exposed to Kinkades paintings, the more they disliked them. From this, they hypothesized that the added exposure made the subjects more aware of the bad-making features of the painting. We then contrast this with cases that are initially off-putting, but whose good-making features reveal themselves with repeated exposure -- such as Scotch, wine, and coffee. We conclude by discussing how the experiment that Meskin and his co-author's ran and the article resulting from it count as philosophy rather than, say, psychology. Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 0:45 Motivations for the Experiment 12:20 What Makes Bad Are Bad? 18:20 The Experiment and Its Results 25:15 Refining Our Palates 28:15 Experimental Aesthetics Is Philosophy 32:45 Conclusion SUBSCRIBE TO THIS CHANNEL https://www.youtube.com/c/Philosopher...