Traditional monist theories of art fail to account for the diversity of objects that intuitively strike many as belonging to the category art. Some today argue that the solution to this problem requires the adoption of some version of pluralism to account for the diversity of art. We examine one recent attempt, which holds that the correct account of art must recognize the plurality of concepts of art. However, we criticize this account of concept pluralism as being unable to offer an explanation of why some concept is an art concept. Instead, many of the disagreements over the definition of art could be reconciled by recognizing that works of art can be valued in a plurality of ways. By recognizing a plurality of values for art, we claim further that the definition of art becomes a non-issue.

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多元主义、消除主义和艺术的定义

传统的一元艺术理论未能解释直觉上让许多人认为属于艺术范畴的物体的多样性。今天有些人认为，解决这个问题需要采用某种形式的多元化来解释艺术的多样性。我们考察了最近的一项尝试，该尝试认为正确的艺术描述必须承认艺术概念的多样性。然而，我们批评这种概念多元化的解释无法解释为什么某些概念是艺术概念。相反，许多关于艺术定义的分歧可以通过承认艺术作品可以以多种方式进行估价来调和。通过承认艺术的多种价值，我们进一步主张艺术的定义不再是问题。