I am responding to Kait’s question, “is the idea of “beauty being in the eye of the beholder” an epistemological claim, as well as an axiological claim?”
The adage “beauty is in the eye of the beholder” is an epistemological claim because it is attempting to explain our knowledge of art. However, it is also claims that the value of art lies in our personal taste. Because it is trying to determine the value of art, it is also an axiological claim.
QUESTION: Artist’s are constantly trying to break the boundaries of art. Does this signify that, because they are trying to break the boundaries, these boundaries must exist? Or are the artists only trying to show us that because the boundaries can be broken they never existed?
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