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  1. On the cluster account of art.Thomas Adajian - 2003 - British Journal of Aesthetics 43 (4):379-385.
    The cluster account of art is a purportedly non-definitional account of art, inspired by Wittgenstein's notion of family resemblance, and recently defended by Berys Gaut. Gaut does not provide good reasons to think that art is not definable, and his approach to possible counterexamples to the cluster account would, applied consistently, preclude this. The cluster account's theory of error, its resources for accounting for borderline cases, and its heuristic usefulness are not impressive. Reasons strong enough to warrant accepting the cluster (...)
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  • (1 other version)The role of theory in aesthetics.Morris Weitz - 1956 - Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 15 (1):27-35.
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  • Family Resemblances and Generalization concerning the Arts.Maurice Mandelbaum - 1965 - American Philosophical Quarterly 2 (3):219 - 228.
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  • The Cluster Theory of Art.S. Davies & J. Robinson - 2004 - British Journal of Aesthetics 44 (3):297-300.
    Berys Gaut has recently defended a cluster account of art. He proposes it as superior to other anti-essentialist positions. I argue that his defence of this claim is unconvincing. Not only is the cluster theory consistent with the current crop of disjunctive definitions, it is at its most plausible when seen in such terms.
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