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    It is not the case that 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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    • 1.Memory and imagination can sustain qualitative aesthetic character independently after initial perception; closure persists internally.
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    • 2.Dewey's emphasis on continuity need not require unbroken perceptual contact—resumed engagement with the same object restores experience.
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    • 3.If aesthetic experience requires constant external stimulation, appreciation of absent works (recalled music, remembered paintings) becomes impossible.
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    • 1.Dewey emphasizes immediate experience; breaking perceptual contact interrupts the continuous flow necessary for aesthetic quality.
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    • 2.Aesthetic experience involves dynamic interaction with material properties that change; internal memory alone cannot sustain this richness.
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    • 3.Without ongoing environmental feedback, aesthetic experience degrades into mere recollection, which Dewey distinguishes from genuine experience.
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