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Aesthetics

Aesthetics is the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature of beauty, art, taste, and aesthetic experience.

12.6K

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What is beautiful is good.

Karen K. Dion, Ellen Berscheid, Elaine Walster · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1972 · 3.8K citations

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Processing Fluency and Aesthetic Pleasure: Is Beauty in the Perceiver's Processing Experience?

Rolf Reber, Norbert Schwarz, Piotr Winkielman · Personality and Social Psychology Review · 2004 · 2.8K citations

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THE POLITICS OF AESTHETICS: THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE SENSIBLE

John Walker · The Art Book · 2005 · 2.3K citations

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Both of Us Disgusted in My Insula

Bruno Wicker, Christian Keysers, Jane Plailly et al. · Neuron · 2003 · 2.2K citations · Full text

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The Act of Reading: A Theory of Aesthetic Response

Daniel T. O’Hara, Wolfgang Iser · Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism · 1979 · 1.9K citations

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Authors

16.7K

  1. HL
    Helmut Leder

    University of Vienna, Austria

    50 publications · 6.6K citations

    38

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  2. MN
    Marcos Nadal

    Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain

    24 publications · 2.5K citations

    20

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  3. TJ
    Thomas Jacobsen

    Leipzig University, Germany

    20 publications · 2.6K citations

    19

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  4. MC
    Monroe C. Beardsley

    Swarthmore College, United States

    22 publications · 2.3K citations

    19

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  5. MM
    Marcia Muelder Eaton

    University of Minnesota, United States

    22 publications · 1.3K citations

    19

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Institutions

3.2K

  1. University of Vienna

    Vienna, Austria

    40 h-index

    132 publications

    13.7K citations

  2. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    39 h-index

    144 publications

    14K citations

  3. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    36 h-index

    111 publications

    7.7K citations

  4. New York University

    New York, United States

    32 h-index

    66 publications

    5.2K citations

  5. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    32 h-index

    66 publications

    4.9K citations

  6. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    28 h-index

    63 publications

    9K citations

  7. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    26 h-index

    54 publications

    2.8K citations

  8. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    26 h-index

    80 publications

    6.8K citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 878 publications · 61.5K citations

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  2. Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism

    508 publications · 33.9K citations

    81

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  3. The British Journal of Aesthetics

    481 publications · 17.8K citations

    63

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  4. Psychology of Aesthetics Creativity and the Arts

    99 publications · 6.1K citations

    45

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  5. Leonardo

    102 publications · 5.7K citations

    38

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Aesthetics

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