Hutcheson

Beautyisasecondaryquality
Emergesintherelationshipbetweentheobjectsproperties(primaryqualities)
andourexperienceofthoseproperties
Thus,beautyisminddependent,andHutchesonbelievesthistomeanbeautyis
notintheworld.
Uniformityamidstvarietyisthepreconditionforthepossibilityofthesensationofbeauty

Hume

Beautyisasecondaryimpression
Thosethingswhichareproducedinusasaresultofprimaryimpressions.
Beautyisgenerallyacalmsecondaryimpression
Beautyeithergeneratesorissynonymouswithpleasure,deformityeither
generatesorissynonymouswithpain.
SimilartoLockeansecondaryquality,nomindindependence
NotaninternalsenseintheHutchesoniansense.
HowdoesbeautyariseforHume?
Utilitythatwhichhasusefulfunctionforusisseenasbeautiful
AllthepartsofXaestheticpieceworktogethertowardadesignatedend
ThiscanoutweighHutchesonianconcernsforuniformityalatheboat
exampleaboatwhichisproperlyconstructedforusagemightbemore
beautifulthanonewhichissimplygeometricallyregular.
Standardsoftastearegeneralizationswemakebasedonempirical
evidence/senseimpressions

Humesmoraltheory
Utility
Usefultoothers
Usefultopossessor
Immediateagreeableness
Immediateaffectofpleasure
Immediatelyagreeabletoothersorpossessor
Doublerelationof?ourselvestoourselves?
Theselfistheobjectofpride,thethingwhichgeneratesprideisthesubjectof
pride.
Virtuesariseasaresultofutility/immediateagreeableness
Virtuesarethenaturalfitthatwejusthappentohavethroughnaturethatexplain

whywefindpleasurefromourperceptionofcertainactions

TwoformsofknowledgeforHume
Mattersoffact
Discoveredthroughempiricalobservation,falsifiable
Relationsofideas
Truebydefinitionapriori

Rules
HumeeffectivelybelievesintranscendentalPlatonicformsoftaste
longevityofworks=indicatorofaestheticquality

1.chalkisprimary,butbeautyissecondarysentimental

2.Pretheoreticalunderstandinginthecanon????vsDuChamp
3.Movefromdescriptive>prescriptiveimpliesweneedsomeclearobjectivecriteriathatisnt
sentimenttheseobjectivecriteriaareunattainablyhigh,puttingwordstogetherwithno
cognitiveinput
judgmentoftasteiswhenwehaveatheoreticalexplanationofsentiments
judgmentofmerelikingiswhenwejusthavethesentiments

4.takesentimentsseriouslycannotbewrong
5.wecreatetheoreticalapparatusforexplainingbeautythenconfuseitwithwhatbeautyitselfis

Butwheretheideasofmoralityanddecencyalterfromoneagetoanother,andwherevicious
mannersaredescribed,withoutbeingmarkedwiththepropercharactersofblameand
disapprobationthismustbeallowedtodisfigurethepoem,andtobearealdeformity.
howeverImayexcusethepoet,onaccountofthemannersinhisage,Inevercanrelishthe
composition.

vs
Thegeneralprinciplesoftasteareuniforminhumannature:wheremenvaryintheirjudgments,
somedefectorperversioninthefacultiesmaycommonlyberemarkedproceedingeitherfrom
prejudice,fromwantofpractice,orwantofdelicacyandthereisjustreasonforapprovingone
taste,andcondemninganother.

fortheretobeanobjectiveoridealstandard,itmustbemindindependentandunchanging
butthebeautycontentofthispoemchangesovertime
therefore,thereisnoobjectiveoridealstandard