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    It is not the case that Appreciation that requires stripping away constitutive context yields a different aesthetic object, not cross-temporal access to the original work.

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    • 1.A physical artwork (painting, sculpture, text) retains its core identity across contexts; context affects interpretation, not the object itself.
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    • 2.We successfully appreciate ancient art while lacking much original context, suggesting context shapes experience without changing which work we appreciate.
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    • 3.The claim conflates 'different aesthetic experience' with 'different aesthetic object'—these are distinct categories requiring separate justification.
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    • 1.Artworks are partially constituted by their historical context, including audience understanding, technological constraints, and cultural meanings operative at creation.
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    • 2.When we remove constitutive context, we necessarily alter which properties of the work we can perceive and evaluate aesthetically.
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    • 3.A transformed set of perceptible properties constitutes a different aesthetic object, not the same object viewed from a different angle.
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