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    It is not the case that Zangwill's 'aesthetic formalism' holds that some aesthetic properties—pure formal beauty—supervene directly on perceptible form without requiring nonaesthetic mediation.

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    • 1.Our perception of form is inherently shaped by learned categories, cultural conventions, and prior aesthetic exposure—not purely direct sensation.
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    • 2.The same formal pattern (e.g., a geometric shape) generates different aesthetic responses depending on its conceptual interpretation or context.
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    • 3.Beauty judgments correlate strongly with semantic associations, emotional narratives, and functional understanding, not form alone.
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    • 1.We directly perceive formal properties like symmetry, proportion, and color harmony without interpreting symbolic or contextual meaning.
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    • 2.Pure instrumental music and abstract art evoke aesthetic responses based solely on structure, not conceptual or representational content.
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    • 3.If aesthetic properties required nonaesthetic mediation, identical formal structures would vary in beauty across contexts, but they often don't.
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