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Aesthetic properties

like balance and ugliness, may be mind independent. There's lots to read about aesthetic realism. I cannot google anything specifically on realism about form, but

A widespread answer says that aesthetic properties supervene on formal properties... “lines and colours combined in a particular way”

(I take that to also mean words combined according to e.g. their sounds - you'd call cubism a movement rather than a form, I think).

If ugliness existsis mind independentlyindependent then presumbalypresumably it cannot supervene on something entirelythat exists mind dependently (nothing can depend on the existence of something that exists only dependent on minds, without also depending on minds): aesthetic realists should be realists about form (though aesthetic realism itself faces a similar challenge from the mind dependence of appearances).

Aesthetic properties

like balance and ugliness, may be mind independent. There's lots to read about aesthetic realism. I cannot google anything specifically on realism about form, but

A widespread answer says that aesthetic properties supervene on formal properties... “lines and colours combined in a particular way”

(I take that to also mean words combined according to e.g. their sounds - you'd call cubism a movement rather than a form, I think).

If ugliness exists mind independently then presumbaly it cannot supervene on something entirely mind dependent: aesthetic realists should be realists about form (though aesthetic realism itself faces a similar challenge from the mind dependence of appearances).

Aesthetic properties

like balance and ugliness, may be mind independent. There's lots to read about aesthetic realism. I cannot google anything specifically on realism about form, but

A widespread answer says that aesthetic properties supervene on formal properties... “lines and colours combined in a particular way”

(I take that to also mean words combined according to e.g. their sounds - you'd call cubism a movement rather than a form, I think).

If ugliness is mind independent then presumably it cannot supervene on something that exists mind dependently (nothing can depend on the existence of something that exists only dependent on minds, without also depending on minds): aesthetic realists should be realists about form (though aesthetic realism itself faces a similar challenge from the mind dependence of appearances).

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Aesthetic properties

like balance and ugliness, may be mind independent. There's lots to read about aesthetic realism. I cannot google anything specifically on realism about form, but

A widespread answer says that aesthetic properties supervene on formal properties... “lines and colours combined in a particular way”

I(I take that to also mean words combined according to e.g. their sounds (you'd- you'd call cubism a movement rather than a form, I think).

Seems unlikely that real aesthetic properties can dependIf ugliness exists mind independently then presumbaly it cannot supervene on something entirely mind dependent form, which suggests that: aesthetic realists should also be realists about form (though that claim would make aesthetic realism difficult to believe, at least if ugliness depends onitself faces a similar challenge from the mind dependence of appearances).

Aesthetic properties

like balance and ugliness, may be mind independent. There's lots to read about aesthetic realism. I cannot google anything specifically on realism about form, but

A widespread answer says that aesthetic properties supervene on formal properties... “lines and colours combined in a particular way”

I take that to also mean words combined according to e.g. their sounds (you'd call cubism a movement rather than a form, I think).

Seems unlikely that real aesthetic properties can depend on mind dependent form, which suggests that aesthetic realists should also be realists about form (though that claim would make aesthetic realism difficult to believe, at least if ugliness depends on appearances).

Aesthetic properties

like balance and ugliness, may be mind independent. There's lots to read about aesthetic realism. I cannot google anything specifically on realism about form, but

A widespread answer says that aesthetic properties supervene on formal properties... “lines and colours combined in a particular way”

(I take that to also mean words combined according to e.g. their sounds - you'd call cubism a movement rather than a form, I think).

If ugliness exists mind independently then presumbaly it cannot supervene on something entirely mind dependent: aesthetic realists should be realists about form (though aesthetic realism itself faces a similar challenge from the mind dependence of appearances).

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Aesthetic properties

like balance and ugliness, may be mind independent. There's lots to read about aesthetic realism. I cannot google anything specifically on realism about form, but

A widespread answer says that aesthetic properties supervene on formal properties... “lines and colours combined in a particular way”

I take that to also mean words combined according to e.g. their sounds (you'd call cubism a movement rather than a form, I think).

Seems unlikely that real aesthetic properties can depend on mind dependent form, which suggests that aesthetic realists should also be realists about form (though that claim would make aesthetic realism difficult to believe, at least if ugliness depends on appearances).