A topic within Aesthetics, itself one of 10 topics in that field and part of Philosophy.
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David Hume
Argues that although taste seems entirely subjective, some critics are genuinely better judges than others, and that their agreement, refined by practice and freedom from prejudice, sets a real standard.
link checked 17 Sept 2026Immanuel Kant
A judgement of beauty claims universal agreement without appeal to any concept or rule, resting instead on a free, purposive harmony between imagination and understanding that any rational being could in principle share.
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