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    It is not the case that Hume's account in 'Of the Standard of Taste' grounds aesthetic discernment in the refinement of ordinary sensory organs through practice, not a separate inner sense.

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    • 1.Not all sensory refinement produces aesthetic judgment; discriminating rancid wine differs fundamentally from judging a painting's aesthetic merit.
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    • 2.Hume himself appeals to 'delicacy of taste' as a special capacity, suggesting something beyond mere sensory acuity or mechanical practice effects.
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    • 3.Aesthetic responses involve evaluative, emotional, and imaginative dimensions that transcend ordinary organ sensitivity and seem to require distinct faculties.
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    • 1.Aesthetic judgment improves through exposure and practice, as evidenced by wine tasters and art critics developing better discrimination over time.
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    • 2.No evidence supports a distinct aesthetic sense organ; taste judgments employ standard sensory capacities (sight, hearing) refined through experience.
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    • 3.Positing a separate inner sense creates unnecessary theoretical entities when ordinary sensory refinement explains aesthetic competence adequately.
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