Can You Judge Art Objectively?

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Can you judge art objectively?
No, you Kant.

In this video, I take a look at the literary theories of David Hume and Immanuel Kant to help explain why our judgments about art are always subjective.

Watch Jack Saint’s video too!
“Can Art Be Objectively Bad”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGh3iej-kRc

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Works Cited:

David Hume, “Of The Standard Of Taste.”
https://web.csulb.edu/~jvancamp/361r15.html

Immanuel Kant, “The Critique Of Judgment.”
https://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/kant-the-critique-of-judgement

Alexander Pope, “An Essay On Criticism.”
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/69379/an-essay-on-criticism

Sartwell, Crispin, "Beauty", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2017 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2017/entries/beauty/

Patrick (H) Willems, “Shut Up About Plot Holes”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9HivyjAKlc

Film Crit Hulk, “Film Crit Hulk Smash: Hulk vs. Plot Holes and Movie Logic:”
https://birthmoviesdeath.com/2012/10/30/film-crit-hulk-smash-hulk-vs.-plot-holes-and-movie-logic

Rocket jump, “How Star Wars Was Saved In The Edit”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFMyMxMYDNk

Lindsay Ellis, “Death Of The Author”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGn9x4-Y_7A

Also, watch this:
Philosophy Tube, “Is Philosophy Just White Guys J3rk!ng Off?”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weiz9wbIcGQ

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