Sibley, Frank former Professor of Philosophy, Lancaster University
Benson, John Professor of Philosophy
Redfern, Betty
Cox, Jeremy Roxbee all at Lancaster University
Print publication date: 2001 (this edition)
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online:
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-823899-7
doi:10.1093/0198238991.003.0013
 

Frank Sibley
Summarises the argument of ch. 12 and applies its conclusion about adjectives in general to aesthetic adjectives like ‘beautiful’, ‘graceful’, ‘pretty’ or ‘elegant’. Sibley’s suggestion is that some aesthetic judgements are legitimately predicative, that is to say, some things can legitimately be judged, e.g. beautiful without ‘beautiful’ being used predicatively: one need not know what the things are because the nouns or concepts in question set no restrictive standards vis-à-vis beauty or beauty-giving properties. With nouns that do set standards incorporating notions of appropriateness, aesthetic judgements are attributive.
Keywords: adjectives, aesthetics, attributive, Frank Sibley, judgements, predicative
doi:10.1093/0198238991.003.0013
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