Good questions Sara! It's totally possible to spend one's whole life arguing over these questions. I do think it doesn't collapse into complete relativism. There is such a thing as standards, which have to do with some very deep structures in the human brain: we get very upset by bad art and astonishing things happen to us when we run in…
Good questions Sara! It's totally possible to spend one's whole life arguing over these questions. I do think it doesn't collapse into complete relativism. There is such a thing as standards, which have to do with some very deep structures in the human brain: we get very upset by bad art and astonishing things happen to us when we run into good art -- and startling numbers of people react more or less the same way when faced with the same work. But, yes, there are layers upon layers to these questions!
Good questions Sara! It's totally possible to spend one's whole life arguing over these questions. I do think it doesn't collapse into complete relativism. There is such a thing as standards, which have to do with some very deep structures in the human brain: we get very upset by bad art and astonishing things happen to us when we run into good art -- and startling numbers of people react more or less the same way when faced with the same work. But, yes, there are layers upon layers to these questions!