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    It is not the case that Providing a general definition of art applicable to all art is particularly complex

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    • 1.Proceduralist definitions (Dickie's Institutional Theory) classify art by relational context, not intrinsic properties, accommodating any object including conceptual works.
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    • 2.If the artworld's conferral of status suffices to define art, conceptual art's revisionary nature is absorbed by the definition rather than defeating it.
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    • 1.Wittgenstein's family resemblance framework shows that open-textured concepts can function reliably without necessary and sufficient conditions.
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    • 2.The difficulty of defining art under conceptual challenges reflects normal concept elasticity, not a principled impossibility of general definition.
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    • 1.Conceptual art is profoundly revisionary and difficult to classify
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    • 2.The advent of conceptual art challenges any attempt at a general definition of art
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