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    It is not the case that An artwork is valuable because it conveys itself, not because it conveys a particular emotion.

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    • 1.Hanslick's formalism notwithstanding, Tolstoy's infectionist theory holds that art's defining function is the sincere transmission of felt emotion.
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    • 2.If transmitting emotion is constitutive of art rather than merely an effect, then emotional conveyance is internal to artistic identity, not reducible to mere audience effect.
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    • 3.A theory that excludes the communicative emotional bond between artist and audience cannot account for why music across cultures functions as a primary vehicle of communal feeling.
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    • 1.P2 in the supporting argument conflates causal effect with intentional expression, yet expression theorists like Collingwood distinguish clarifying and externalizing emotion as the very process by which art is made.
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    • 2.If emotional conveyance is partly constitutive of artistic creation rather than a downstream audience-effect, then P2 misclassifies it, and P3 does not follow.
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    • 1.Aesthetic value is not reducible to an object's effect.
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    • 2.Conveying an emotion is a type of effect an artwork has on its audience.
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    • 3.Therefore, conveying an emotion cannot be the source of an artwork's value.
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