Whatever is a fact and objective is contingent upon a specific human-based FSERC of which the scientific FSERC is the gold standard of credibility and objectivity of reality.Peter Holmes wrote: ↑Sat Sep 21, 2024 6:54 amA question for aesthetic objectivists. If objectivity is independence from belief, judgement or opinion, could a thing be beautiful even if everyone thinks it's ugly? Or even if no collective-of-subjects thinks it's beautiful?Veritas Aequitas wrote: ↑Sat Sep 21, 2024 5:53 am Intersubjective means independent from a subject[s] opinion, beliefs and judgment which is aka 'objective' as defined.
There is no other approach to credibility and objectivity of reality.
It a thing is ugly within a specific U-FSERC, there is no way it can be beautiful within that specific U-FSERC.
There is no such thing as beauty-in-itself without any reference to and conditioned upon a specific human-based FSERC.
Whatever is conditioned upon a human-based FSERC is objective in varying degrees dependent on the credibility and objectivity of the FSERC of which the scientific FSERC is the gold standard.
There is a correlation between 'beauty' [attractiveness] and health, thus serves an evolutionary advantage.
In this case, there has to some sort of universality and objectivity to what is beautiful and attractive.
If subjectivity is allowed to prevail, there would be no evolutionary advantages to the human species or any other species that are inclined to attractiveness or beauty.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10781122/
Facial Beauty and the Correlation of Associated Attributes: An Empirical Aesthetic Database Study
Conclusions:
Our study illustrates a positive correlation between the positive attributes of health, happiness, femininity and attractiveness, with a negative correlation of all characteristics with increasing perceived age. This provides insight into the complexity of human interaction and provides a holistic view of attraction as being a gateway to the reflexive perception of other attributes. The implications encourage an aesthetic focus on facial reconstruction.