“Art is what appeals to the a priori.” ArtAestheticsTheory Of ArtDefinition Of ArtA Priori Judgments Author:Raheel Farooq
“[W]here the rationalist sees contact with theoretical considerations as a source of contamination, we should instead view such influence as potentially beneficial. Theory-mediated judgment is not automatically “contaminated”; under the right circumstances, and under the guidance of appropriate theory, it is instead a source of correction and illumination. We should not search for a realm of reason somehow insulated from and uninformed by our best available theories. Instead we should welcome the prospect of a conception of rational inference which is itself fully vetted by all available evidence.” EpistemologyRationalismEmpiricismA Priori Judgments Author:Hilary Kornblith