The aesthetic realist interprets many descriptions of music as metaphorical descriptions of aesthetic properties of music. I argue that aesthetic realism requires that nonaesthetic words are used to express both aesthetic and nonaesthetic concepts. But having distinguished the concepts, some plausible account must be given of their relation. A causal account of the relation between the possession of aesthetic and nonaesthetic concepts provides this, since the concepts are distinct but connected. I explore and defend this account. I consider the conditions of aesthetic concept possession and also the appropriation of nonaesthetic words in aesthetic descriptions. © 2014 The American Society for Aesthetics.
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Zangwill, N. (2014). Music, metaphor, and aesthetic concepts. Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, 72(1), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1111/jaac.12042
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