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Heh. Did you know that Rand is the only philosopher who has ever defined art?! I didn't know it! In fact, I was pretty sure that I had seen dozens of philolophers' definitions of art, but . . . Sures [

] says that Rand was the only one . . . .

Correct, Rand was not the first to offer a definition of art. It may be that Sures meant that no definitions previously offered had succeeded at getting much traction on what is art. Be that as it may, I notice that in 2006 she gave a lecture “The Value of Ayn Rand’s Philosophy of Art” whose abstract reads in part: “Most people have mistaken assumptions about art, such as: art can’t be defined . . . .” This suggests she recognizes that some people (and not only subscribers to Rand’s definition) think art can be defined. This way of speaking also suggests she recognizes—unlike in the radio-interview statement ten years earlier—that some people besides Rand have offered definitions of art.

Coming soon:

Defining Art, Creating the Canon

Paul Crowther (2011)

Edited by Stephen Boydstun
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