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    It is not the case that Expression of emotion is neither sufficient nor necessary for defining art.

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    • 1.Psychological mechanisms in human nature alone do not guarantee the production of art.
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    • 2.Art production is not teleologically determined by innate psychological mechanisms.
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    • 3.Expression theories wrongly treat art-making as analogous to instinctive animal behavior, such as a bowerbird constructing bowers without deliberate planning.
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