This Scorcese op-ed is an elegant expression of a philosophy of aesthetics that is, I believe, ultimately indefensible https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/04/opinion/martin-scorsese-marvel.html …
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Scorcese's argument is that there's some mind-independent, objective standard that defines what makes a movie "cinema" (that is, art with some kind of extra layer of value) when no such thing exists.
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In philosophical terms, aesthetic judgments are non-cognitive. They amount to to saying "yay this!" or "boo that!" rather than expressing any kind of propositional content. Scorcese's op-ed is an extended "yay this" to the kind of movies he likes and "boo that" to Marvel
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No, no, no. Aesthetic judgements are not non-cognitive. They are inter-subjective, existing in a social context. F.R. Leavis (borrowing from Michael Polanyi) makes a good case for this in The Living Principle (1975).
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