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A table is not a chair because a table is not a chair. A mountain is not art because a mountain is not art. You're free to use words wrong if you want, but that
by totallykvothe 1y ago
A table is not a chair because a table is not a chair. A mountain is not art because a mountain is not art. You're free to use words wrong if you want, but that doesn't make them not wrong.
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- falcor84 1y agoWords aren't that simple; semantics is a real field. In particular, if art was so easy to define, we probably wouldn't have philosophical studies such as "Definitions of Art" - https://books.google.ie/books?id=6peJnXr4L5gC https://books.google.ie/books?id=6peJnXr4L5gC And even the chair&table example isn't that straightforward - https://www.coolthings.com/little-oyster-coffee-table/ https://www.coolthings.com/little-oyster-coffee-table/
- zzzeek 1y agodid you read that book? can you show the passages where it explains that natural beauty existing without human involvement or intention is in any way considered to be "art" ? otherwise this feels like pretty rank contrarianism
- totallykvothe 1y agoThe exception proves the rule.