Can you account for the differences in people's aesthetic judgements?

Answer 1

No. people think whatever they want to. you can't control that. Ever. No sensorship or restriction will ever change the fact that we're human, and despite the fact that somewhere along the line of evolution we've become intelligent creatures, we still have to deal with our animal urges and instincts. The mind works in misterious ways. Thoughts, emotions and ideas pop up at random, and and only at times can we truly guide those impulses and think straight. so, no, we cannot account for the actions and judgements of others.

Answer 2

When you look at it from top it is difficult to account differences in peoples aesthetic judgement. Each person is different in taste and hence their liking also vary. How ever scientifically this can be explained in a different way. We can not say why anyone likes a particular colour or a specific shape interesting, but we can approach the same question in a different way.
Lets say we take a human mind and start from that perspective. Liking of a colour or aesthetical elements are directly linked to the vibe they produce in your brain. Its the feeling in mind that is aroused by the aesthetical element such as joy, sadness, loneliness etc. This is the reason why most of the artists through history could understand and create the paintings and sculptures that could express same feeling to large audience. So that proves aesthetic understanding can be accounted.

However further if you look deeper in to it judgement on aesthetic is always biased. Each mind is biased by several things. Something you believe in, someone who influence you always guide one to make their decision. A person may like Monet's paintings as he/she is biased by certain elements. After some time same person may start liking Mondrian patterns or any other Bauhaus Modernist art work.This cant be explained or accounted as this can be due to external influence.

Answer 3

To account for differences of taste, all you need is a clear point of view. Cultivate your own aesthetic sense to a point where you know pretty well what you think of judgments that differ from your own.

If you are asking, however, for the possibility of an objective point of view that can explain difference in the mode of "objective truth" in such a way that is irrefutable and plain to anyone who would hear it, then the real questions are whether 1) there is such a thing as this sort of "objective truth," and 2) whether such a thing can be known and made use of.

If at the heart of your question, though, you are really asking if it is possible to exactly know why and how people are different from one another, then there are many theories you can get into (e.g., social epistemic theory, constructivism, etc). I think you'll find that all these will help you do is what I suggested up above: cultivate your own point of view.

Answer 4

I'm sure that if you think back you'll realise that things you found beautiful as a child are not beautiful as an adult -- they may even be tawdry and gaudy. With education and maturity, perhaps we become more subtle and demanding when it comes to beauty. We see works of art and begin to compare less competent efforts to them and find that they fall short. We experience beautiful scenery and realise that it is so supremely lovely that we should be more sparing in the use of the word "magnificent". We see something which is aesthetically pleasing in its sheer simplicity and realise that we don't need an excess of decoration or even of colour for an object or a decor to be pleasing to the eye. I think that our aesthetic judgments are, therefore, largely dictated by education and experience. I am still learning!

Answer 5

All experiences are unique. No two aesthetic judgements are the same.

Answer 6

It depends on one's education or how one was reared as a child. Aesthetic judgments may also result from how our brains are wired. As an aside or obiter dictum, I think the Latin axiom is spelled De gustibus non disputandum est. Disputandum est is an example of the gerundive in Latin. Cheers!

Answer 7

I think everyone's needs are basically the same but everyone has different wants. It's the wants that create diversity and the differences in aethetical judgements.

Answer 8

other than cultural, whence differences are most often felt,
i feel that people's aesthetic judgments are quite similar. think of fads, styles, fashion, movements in art. at one time or another we all went through it just with minor variations. we are all influenced by our surroundings.
"...no man is an island..." john Donne

Answer 9

The fact that we are all thinking beings and individuals would indicate that no two people can possibly have the same train of thought. They may have similar thoughts, similar opinions but neither will ever know exactly why.

Answer 10

Their epistemology - what they know from their culture, education, experience, what they have been told is 'good', whether or not they trust their own aesthetic intelligence and instinct.