Reflections on Rat Fest ’25
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With an account, you can revise, criticize, and comment on ideas.Justin says it’s better to spell it ‘aesthetics’ than ‘esthetics’.
My macOS Dictionary app says “aesthetics … (also esthetics)”.
Isn’t ‘esthetics’ just the American spelling and ‘aesthetics’ is British?
From https://nocoaaa.com/blog/aesthetics-vs-esthetics:
Many individuals are confused about the distinction between Aesthetics and Esthetics. The only difference between these two terms is that they are spelled differently. People in European and Commonwealth countries use the term aesthetics. Americans, on the other hand, commonly use the term esthetic.
Justin says no philosopher would drop the ‘a’, including Tom Hyde, whom Justin calls a serious British philosopher.
Well, Tom wouldn’t drop the ‘a’ anyway because he’s British.