Abstract
This introductory chapter looks at the Turner Prize as a public forum for debates about the value of artworks. It considers a number of philosophical approaches to the problem, and in particular to debates over the possibility of formulating criteria for evaluating artworks. It considers whether, in the absence of agreed criteria, evaluative judgements can be said to be based in reasoned argument. It makes the case for addressing these issues by means of examining actual published judgements made by professional art critics.
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