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    It is not the case that Significant exposure to an artwork can be a reason why one's judgement of it is reliable, and may belong to the space of aesthetic reasons.

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    • 1.Mere exposure increases liking through familiarity bias (Zajonc 1968), which is a non-cognitive affective response independent of tracking objective qualities.
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    • 2.A process that systematically produces responses uncorrelated with objective features cannot ground reliability in the epistemically relevant sense.
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    • 3.Therefore, increased exposure may produce confident judgements that are unreliable precisely because familiarity and quality are independent variables.
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    • 1.Hume's standard of taste requires that reliable judges be free from prejudice, and repeated exposure to one work cultivates partiality rather than impartiality.
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    • 2.A factor that corrupts the conditions Hume identifies as necessary for reliable aesthetic judgment cannot simultaneously belong to the space of aesthetic reasons that justify that judgment.
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    • 1.Increased exposure makes observers more aware of the objective qualities of a work.
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    • 2.Awareness of a work's objective qualities grounds reliable aesthetic judgement.
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    • 3.A factor that grounds reliable judgement may belong to the space of aesthetic reasons even if it is not itself a reason why the work is good or bad.
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