Hume's Aesthetic Theory examines the neglected area of the development of aesthetics in
empiricist thinking, exploring the link between the empiricist background of aesthetics in the …

David Hume's aesthetic theory arises from assumptions which are fairly typical of eighteenth-
century British aesthetics, focusing on taste as human receptivity to beauty and regarding it …

David Hume's views on aesthetic theory and the philosophy of art are to be found in his work
on moral theory and in several essays. Although there is a tendency to emphasize the two …

CRITICAL OPINION of Hume's aesthetic theo-ries has been rather fundamentally divided
between those who find his views innova-tive, critically sensitive, and logically sound, and …

If philosophical disciplines can be said to define themselves in terms of the central terms
they attempt to define, then modern aesthetics is that discipline that attempts to define …

The above is not only the shortest paragraph of Hume's essay" Of the Standard of Taste," but
perhaps also the most important and least understood. It contains Hume's definition of the …

HUME'S'" Of the Standard of Taste" is not only a philosophical classic but a classic of
humane letters. Hume's major statement on aesthetics, the essay wrestles with the perennial …

There can be no doubt but that Hume's moral theory had roots in the writings of Francis
Hutcheson. An examination of the respective positions reveals it clearly enough; but Hume …

I. INTRODUCTION i. Although Kant's Critique of Judgment (1790), and especially the
Analytic of the Beautiful, has long been a favored text of aestheticians of all stripes, lately …

There are currently two views about the standard of taste proposed by Hume in his essay" Of
the Standard of Taste." According to PeterJones and Stuart Brown,'the standard consists in …