?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Aesthetic%2C+Ethical%2C+and+Cognitive+Value&rft.creator=Todd%2C+Cain&rft.subject=Postprints&rft.description=This+paper+addresses+two+recent+debates+in+aesthetics%3A+the+%E2%80%98moralist+debate%E2%80%99%2C+concerning+the+relationship+between+the+ethical+and+aesthetic+evaluations+of+artworks%2C+and+the+%E2%80%98cognitivist+debate%E2%80%99%2C+concerning+the+relationship+between+the+cognitive+and+aesthetic+evaluations+of+artworks.+Although+the+two+debates+appear+to+concern+quite+different+issues%2C+I+argue+that+the+various+positions+in+each+are+marked+by+the+same+types+of+confusions+and+ambiguities.+In+particular%2C+they+demonstrate+a+persistent+and+unjustified+conflation+of+aesthetic+and+artistic+value%2C+which+in+turn+is+based+on+a+more+general+failure+to+explicitly+tackle+the+demarcation+of+aesthetic+value.+As+such%2C+the+claims+of+each+side+are+rendered+ambiguous+in+respect+of+the+relation+that+is+supposed+to+hold+between+all+these+types+of+value+and+artistic+value.+These+issues+are+discussed+in+light+of+a+recent+argument+proposed+by+Matthew+Kieran%2C+to+undermine%2C+to+some+extent%2C+the+conceptual+distinction+between+aesthetic%2C+cognitive-ethical%2C+and+artistic+values+in+our+appraisal+of+art+works.+In+rejecting+his+argument%2C+I+defend+the+conceptual+distinction+and+a+pluralistic+conception+of+artistic+value+that+allows+for+cognitive+and+ethical+values+to+count+as+artistic%2C+but+not+aesthetic%2C+values.&rft.date=2007&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5804%2F1%2FTodd.pdf&rft.identifier=++Todd%2C+Cain++(2007)+Aesthetic%2C+Ethical%2C+and+Cognitive+Value.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5804%2F