Definition:
Aesthetics is the branch of philosophy concerned with beauty, artistic value, taste, and aesthetic experience. It investigates questions concerning what makes something beautiful, whether beauty is objective or subjective, and what distinguishes art from ordinary objects.
Thinkers:
- Plato
- Aristotle
- Immanuel Kant
- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Example:
People may disagree about whether a painting is beautiful.
