Most psychologists, perplexed by the feelings they acknowledge are
aroused by aesthetic experience, have claimed that these emotions are
genuine, but different in kind from nonaesthetic emotions. This, however, is
(i)___ rather than an empirical observation and consequently lacks
explanatory value. On the other hand, Gombrich argues that emotional
responses to art are (ii)___; art triggers remembrances of previously
experienced emotions. These debates have prompted the psychologist
Radford to argue that people do experience real melancholy or joy in
responding to art, but that these are (iii)___ responses precisely because people know they are reacting to illusory stimuli.
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| B a body of profound knowledge
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