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I don't think you're reading the question correctly: an 'art' can be any kind of creative activity, so obviously, programming is an art independently of whether
by pasabagi 5y ago
I don't think you're reading the question correctly: an 'art' can be any kind of creative activity, so obviously, programming is an art independently of whether anybody ever makes 'art' with it.
- Grustaf 5y agoThe question is not about "art" as in τέχνη, then you might consider it an art. The question was about "the arts", and that means something else, it's the same "art" as in "artistic". Painting, writing etc.
- pasabagi 5y agoI guess 'art' and 'techne' have had a great deal of semantic drift in the last few centuries. I think many contemporary artists live in a post-Beuys world where art is what artists do, and everybody is an artist. In this setup, there is basically no distinction. Painters often have a different opinion.
- Grustaf 5y agoYes but this question was specifically about “the arts”, which is pretty unambiguous.