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    It is not the case that The debate over whether bodily sensations belong to aesthetics proper is more acute in everyday aesthetics than in other aesthetic domains.

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    • 1.Kant's exclusion of the agreeable (bodily pleasure) from aesthetic judgment applies equally across all aesthetic domains, not uniquely to the everyday.
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    • 2.If the bodily sensation debate is a general problem in aesthetics, its acuteness cannot be domain-specific without additional argument distinguishing everyday contexts.
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    • 1.Dewey's 'Art as Experience' grounds all genuine aesthetic experience in bodily, somatic engagement, making embodiment central to aesthetics proper universally.
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    • 2.If somatic experience is already foundational to mainstream aesthetics via pragmatist tradition, the everyday domain raises no distinctively more acute version of this debate.
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    • 1.Daily experience is permeated by sensory experiences and bodily activities.
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    • 2.Bodily sensations arise both from passive sensory stimulation (smell, touch, taste) and from active bodily activities (running, using tools, mowing).
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    • 3.The question of whether bodily sensations belong to aesthetics proper is a pre-existing debate in the field.
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