artifactuality

The condition of artifactuality is plausible only if the concept of artifact is understood in a wide sense in which intentionally created events and processes (e.g., performances) and works which have instances (for example, musical and literary works) are regarded as artifacts.

Artifact Hilpinen, Risto 2004

Some philosophers of art have rejected the condition of artifactuality, using instances of “driftwood art” and analogous examples as counterexamples.

Artifact Hilpinen, Risto 2004

According to condition (A2), the condition of artifactuality in this sense is equivalent to the requirement that a work of art should have an author.

Artifact Hilpinen, Risto 2004

Other philosophers have responded to such examples by extending the concept of artifactuality in such a way that the presentation of a natural object as an object of aesthetic appreciation counts as an

Artifact Hilpinen, Risto 2004

We might say that different intentionally modified or constructed objects exhibit different degrees of artifactuality, depending on how well they satisfy these conditions.

Artifact Hilpinen, Risto 2004

We lose track of the artifactuality of our cultivated terrain, the technical expressiveness of our body's gestures and bearing.

amor mundi 2010

˜artifact™ is used in a sufficiently wide sense, the condition of artifactuality clearly holds for artworks, but it is equally obvious that not all works of art (or works in general) are artifacts in the narrow sense of the word.

Artifact Hilpinen, Risto 2004

“intentional modification” required for artifactuality

Artifact Hilpinen, Risto 2004

Gaps are usually easy to spot in cases of artifactuality, but although they may be present in nature, establishing their existence there can usually be done (by science, at least) only indirectly ” via probability considerations, purported limitations on nature's abilities, etc. [

Teleological Arguments for God's Existence Ratzsch, Del 2005

As was mentioned above, artifactuality is often regarded as a defining characteristic of works of art (Stephen Davies 1991,

Artifact Hilpinen, Risto 2004