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Aesthetic Theory

Aesthetic Theory is a branch of philosophy that examines the nature, production, and interpretation of art and aesthetic experience, distinguished by its critical inquiry into the cultural, historical, and ideological conditions underlying aesthetic values and judgments.

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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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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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The Anti-Aesthetic: Essays on Postmodern Culture

Dana Polan, Hal Foster · New German Critique · 1984 · 1.5K citations

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Our aesthetic categories: zany, cute, interesting

Choice Reviews Online · 2013 · 994 citations

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The Act of Reading: A Theory of Aesthetic Response

Inge Crosman, Wolfgang Iser · Poetics Today · 1980 · 946 citations

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    Paul Guyer

    University of Pennsylvania, United States

    14 publications · 906 citations

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    Monroe C. Beardsley

    Swarthmore College, United States

    12 publications · 1.4K citations

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    Marcia Muelder Eaton

    University of Minnesota, United States

    12 publications · 545 citations

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  4. NZ
    Nick Zangwill

    University of Glasgow, United Kingdom

    7 publications · 256 citations

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    Peter Kivy

    Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, United States

    7 publications · 219 citations

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471

  1. University of Glasgow

    Glasgow, United Kingdom

    11 h-index

    11 publications

    465 citations

  2. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    10 h-index

    10 publications

    438 citations

  3. Birkbeck, University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    9 h-index

    10 publications

    341 citations

  4. University of Nottingham

    Nottingham, United Kingdom

    9 h-index

    10 publications

    282 citations

  5. University of Alberta

    Edmonton, Canada

    8 h-index

    8 publications

    158 citations

  6. University of St Andrews

    St Andrews, United Kingdom

    8 h-index

    8 publications

    397 citations

  7. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    8 h-index

    7 publications

    190 citations

  8. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    6 h-index

    5 publications

    203 citations

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  1. Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism

    145 publications · 11.4K citations

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  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 84 publications · 8.6K citations

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  3. The British Journal of Aesthetics

    205 publications · 6.6K citations

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  4. Journal of Aesthetic Education

    JAE · 39 publications · 1K citations

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  5. The Philosophical Quarterly

    19 publications · 1K citations

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