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    A conception of art that abandons aesthetic value as even a necessary condition loses the explanatory power to account for why art historically commands the institutional and critical attention it does.

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    aesthetic value(Langer's characterization of how pragmatism interprets aesthetic value)
    Within the pragmatist framework being criticized, either a direct satisfaction or something instrumental to fulfilling psychological needs
    conception of art(as used in philosophy of art)
    A particular theory or definition about what art is and what counts as art.
    explanatory power(Socratic definition)
    The capacity of a defining feature to explain why instances of the thing defined have that property (e.g., why reverent people or actions are reverent).
    institutional attention(as used in philosophy of art and sociology)
    Recognition and serious treatment by official organizations like museums, galleries, universities, and the art world establishment.
    necessary condition

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