Interesting, Boring, Beautiful

Earle examines the philosophical underpinnings of the interesting, the boring, and the beautiful that fights against a kind of casual and unreflective relativism of value. It should be remembered that objectivity, rightly understood, promotes cognitive humility. Where there is objectivity, there is...

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Published in:The Philosophical forum 2012-12, Vol.43 (4), p.361-382
Main Author: Earle, William James
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Metacognition
Ontology
Philosophy
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Summary:Earle examines the philosophical underpinnings of the interesting, the boring, and the beautiful that fights against a kind of casual and unreflective relativism of value. It should be remembered that objectivity, rightly understood, promotes cognitive humility. Where there is objectivity, there is the possibility of being wrong which applies in the first place to oneself.
ISSN:0031-806X
1467-9191
DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9191.2012.00432.x