ontology and epistemology of aestheitics

["samba -" <sambacomet@hotmail.com>]

   I wish  more critics employed Kris's approach. I much prefer statements 
such as ,"I like x because it makes me feel x  to statements like,this is 
good,this is crap ,you'll be happy if you buy this etc.
   Without getting into semiotics,I see meanings and asthetics as tending 
to 
have cultural elements that aren't purely subjective. In a culture that 
fetishizes individuality,and pushes the value of indivudual choice, as it 
supports consumerism subjective aesthetics can be described as culturally 
based.
   I'm also interested in psychoacoustics,how the physical effects of 
sound 
on the body affect mood,emotion etc. For example,loud fast rhythm being 
exciting ,or creating the feeling of excitement seems neither  personal or 
cultural.Of course some individuals and societies may value such 
excitement,some disdain it,some forbid it and others institutionalise it.I 
other words they assign values/aesthetics to the physical responses in a 
culturally determined way,at least partially.

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