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    It is not the case that The law of non-contradiction applies to at least some aesthetic judgments

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    • Aesthetic judgments are expressions of subjective sensory response, not truth-apt propositions subject to logical laws (Ayer, emotivism).
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    • 1.If a judgment is true, then its opposite is false
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    • 2.Truth can be predicated of aesthetic judgments
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    • 3.The principle of non-contradiction holds for a significant proportion of judgments of taste, even if not all
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