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    Supports→Beardsley's account of aesthetic experience is inadequate.

    If the defining features require constant revision to accommodate counterexamples, the account lacks the explanatory stability required of a genuine philosophical theory of aesthetic experience.

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    Key Terms

    Account(as in 'Wittgenstein's account of concepts')
    A philosophical explanation or theory about how something works or what something is.
    Defining features(as used in philosophical definitions)
    The key characteristics or qualities that make something what it is—like how 'having four legs' is a defining feature of a chair.
    Explanatory stability(as used in evaluating philosophical theories)
    The quality of a theory staying consistent and reliable without needing constant changes—it should work the same way each time.
    Philosophical theory(as used in philosophy generally)
    A systematic explanation that uses logical reasoning to understand what something fundamentally is or how it works.
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    A variety of free and unhindered activity of the representational capacity that produces pleasurable sentiments.
    counterexamples(as evidence used to challenge the justified true belief analysis)
    Specific cases or scenarios that prove a general claim or definition wrong by showing an exception to the rule.

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