P2 in the supportingargument conflates causal effect with intentional expression, yet expression theorists like Collingwood distinguish clarifying and externalizing emotion as the very process by which art is made.
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clarifying emotion(in Collingwood's theory of art)
The process of making your feelings clearer and more defined in your own mind, often by expressing them through art.
expression theorists(in aesthetics)
Philosophers who believe that art is fundamentally about the artist expressing their inner feelings, thoughts, or experiences to others.
externalizing emotion(in philosophy of art)
Taking your inner feelings and putting them into an external, concrete form—like painting, writing, or music—so others can experience them.
intentional expression(in aesthetics and philosophy of art)
The deliberate act of communicating or showing something that you consciously mean to convey, rather than something that just happens as a side effect.