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    It is not the case that Kant argues that aesthetic judgments claim universal assent yet cannot be grounded in empirical examples, which are always particular and contingent.

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    • 1.Widespread aesthetic consensus about particular works (e.g., canonical art) suggests empirical examples do ground aesthetic judgment.
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    • 2.The distinction between universal validity and empirical grounding may be false—shared human sensibility provides both grounding and universality.
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    • 3.Kant's claim conflates logical necessity with psychological expectation; we expect agreement without requiring logical proof.
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    • 1.When I judge something beautiful, I genuinely expect others to agree, suggesting a universal dimension beyond mere personal preference.
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    • 2.No particular example can logically ground universal claims, since examples are always contingent instantiations of general principles.
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    • 3.This explains why aesthetic disagreement feels substantive rather than merely subjective—we treat it as potentially resolvable.
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