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    Challenges→Providing a general definition of art applicable to all art is particularly complex

    Proceduralist definitions (Dickie's Institutional Theory) classify art by relational context, not intrinsic properties, accommodating any object including conceptual works.

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    • 1.Art history shows paradigm shifts where objects gain/lose art status based on institutional endorsement, not material change.
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    • 2.Conceptual art's existence proves intrinsic properties cannot define art, since some works are purely ideas or ephemeral.
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    • 3.Proceduralist frameworks avoid arbitrary boundaries by grounding art in verifiable social practices rather than subjective aesthetics.
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    • 1.Institutional authority itself requires independent justification—why does institutional context make something art without prior criteria?
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    • 2.Many objects the art world endorses (forgeries, rejected works) intuitively fail as art, suggesting relational context alone is insufficient.
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    • 3.Circularity risk: defining art by institutional recognition while institutions rely on pre-existing art concepts to function.
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