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    Challenges→The display of an object in a fine arts museum does not constitute strong or definitive evidence that the object is a work of art.

    The supporting arguments commit a fallacy of imperfect duty: that a museum sometimes displays non-art does not undermine the strong presumptive weight of its classificatory practices.

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    Classificatory practices(as used in aesthetics and institutional philosophy)
    The systems and habits that institutions use to decide what category things belong in—in this case, how a museum decides what counts as art.
    Presumptive weight(as used in logic and argumentation)
    The amount of influence or importance something should be given unless there's a good reason to ignore it; it's what we assume to be true unless proven otherwise.
    fallacy(Whately's definition, Elements of Logic, Bk. III, intro.)
    Any unsound mode of arguing which appears to demand conviction and to be decisive of the question at hand, when in fairness it is not
    imperfect duty(Kant's moral philosophy; examples include the duty not to let one's talents rust and the duty not to deny help to others)
    A duty that does not specify how, when, or for whom it should be fulfilled; it obligates the adoption of an end rather than a particular action, leaving latitude in its execution

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