Intro to Aesthetics Mid-term practice

Which of the following was not a property that Gorodeisky argues aesthetic valuing has?

its private

Which is the position that Gorodeisky ultimately endorses?

universalism

Which of the following was not mentioned as a possible problem for personalism?

singing

Gorodeisky argues that aesthetic value is universal because humans evolved to like the same things.

False

Gorodeisky argues there is a puzzle in reconciling aesthetic value's nature as both...

personal and universal

The view that art is whatever the artworld says it is can be called...

institutionalism

Hegenbart argues that institutionalism is...

circular

Which of the following is not an artist associated with zombie formalism?

clement greenberg

The thinker who coined the term 'zombie formalism' is...

Walter Robinson

Hegenbart argues in defense of the high prices of the artworld.

False

Which of the following was not a theory of art discussed in the reading?

aestheticism

Which of the following was not a kind of aesthetic obligation mentioned?

asserting claims about art

Which of the following was not mentioned as a form of eliminativism?

art as a functional concept

Who of the following was not mentioned as a functionalist about art?

Gaut

Arthur Danto endorses obligationism.

False

Which of the following was not one of the solutions Cantalamessa poses?

it's not worth debating even if we may one day agree

Cantalamessa distinguishes accounts of aesthetic disagreement based on whether they find the point to be...

accepting or advocating

Which of the following was not a proposed category for Banksy's Love is in the Bin?

instillation art

Which of the following was not mentioned as a term open to conceptual negotiation?

aesthetic

Cantalamessa argues that art is more authoritative than science.

False

Which of the following was not one of the reasons Dyck gives for why people feel bad about their guilty pleasures?

they're too popular

Susan Sontag is known for her account of...

camp

For Bordieu, taste is ultimately a matter of...

class distinction

Which of the following was not given as a defense of simplicity?

it's less work for the audience

taste has a social element according to Dyck.

True

Dyck and Johnson argue that so-bad-they're-good movies are instances of...

artistic failure

Strohl advocates for...

bad movie love

Strohl argues that so-bad-they're-good movies are instances of...

received norm violation

Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K) is an example of...

bad movie ridicule

Strohl thinks good criticism involves the critic reveling in their superiority over the artist and the audience that liked the work.

False

which of these views is said to be unable to accommodate an artist's failure?

value maximizing theory

which of these thinkers is associated with the 'death of the author'?

Barthes

Which of the following views is subject to the 'humpty dumpty' problem?

absolute actual intentionalism

which thinker holds that we should care about the actual artist's actual intention?

Carroll

Levinson endorses hypothetical intentionalism.

True

which of the following was not one of the views of fiction discussed in the chapter?

eliminativism

which of the following authors does not endorse intentionalism about fiction?

Matravers

Matravers says we should abandon the fiction/nonfiction distinction in favor of the _______________ distinction.

representation/confrontation

Which of the following views was described as 'anti-essentialist'?

fiction-as-genre

Kim endorses the cross-cultural approach.

True

the view that authentic works come from a place of genuine self-expression is called...

folkloric authenticity

which of the following views was not one mentioned in the reading?

form-focused

dual character concepts are said to be...

evaluative and descriptive

The author endorses...

authenticity pluralism

Authenticity is sometimes both unfairly withheld and unfairly expected by audiences.

True

which of the following is not a premise of the 'paradox of horror'?

we don't enjoy works of horror.

According to Whittaker, most philosophers endorse _______ theories of horror.

affective/functional

which of the following was not mentioned as a type of feeling?

judgments

which of the following was not mentioned as one of the differentiating features of horror?

suspense

Whittaker, the author, endorses death as the differentiating feature of horror?

False