Aesthetic Adjectives

Louise Mcnally (1) , Isidora Stojanovic (2)

1 UPF - Universitat Pompeu Fabra [Barcelona]
2 IJN - Institut Jean-Nicod

We investigate various linguistic criteria that may be used in delineating the class of aesthetic adjectives. We also discuss the relationship between genuinely aesthetic adjectives (of which 'beautiful' and 'ugly' are paradigms) and other adjectives that may, but need not, be used in making an aesthetic judgment.

Mots clés: aesthetic concepts; predicates of personal taste; adjectives; experiencers; evaluative predicates; value judgements; gradability; subjectivity

Domaines: Philosophie

Louise Mcnally, Isidora Stojanovic. Aesthetic Adjectives. The Semantics of Aesthetic Judgment, ed. James Young, pp.17-37, 2017. ⟨ijn_01078847⟩