Christiane:
I should have phrased it more precisely. I was referring to the "aesthetic absolute" as a concept or entity. You're right about "theory" being refutable.Funny, concerning the refutable aspect of theories, I think it goes the other way around : Do you mean it would be a "scientific" theory ? In this case, second Popper a scientific theory is a refutable theory : the scientist who conceived the theory has given all the info needed to follow his logic step by step and refute it if needed.
(BTW, what you describe as absolute theory sounds rather like a totalitarianTo me the concept of an aesthetic absolute used as a basis of placing art works in a heirarchy of value (or in the case of Van Gogh excluding them) is close to totalitarian. That's been my point all along.
theory to me. The word absolute doesn't make much sense when linked to
theory).
Cheers!
j
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