Because aesthetic experience in Dewey's account requires continuous perceptual engagement with an external object to sustain its qualitative character, it is not self-maintaining but environmentally dependent.

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Dewey(the philosopher whose ideas are being discussed): John Dewey was an American philosopher (1859-1952) who believed that philosophy should focus on real human experiences and solving practical problems, rather than abstract theories disconnected from life.
Environmentally dependent(as describing what aesthetic experience needs to survive): Requiring things from the world around you to exist or function—relying on your surroundings rather than being independent.
Perceptual engagement(as a requirement for aesthetic experience): Active attention to something using your senses—really looking at it, listening to it, or noticing it rather than just glancing past it.
Self-maintaining(as a property that aesthetic experience lacks): Able to continue on its own without needing anything outside of itself to keep going.
aesthetic experience(Sulzer's aesthetics): A variety of free and unhindered activity of the representational capacity that produces pleasurable sentiments.
qualitative character(as used in metaphysics): The specific qualities or features that make something what it is—its color, shape, texture, and so on. Two things have the same qualitative character if they look and feel completely identical.

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