Held by proponent names the philosophers who actually argued for a given position. Wikipedia identifies "Jeremy Bentham, the founder of utilitarianism," as the figure who first gave the position its modern form. This dimension connects a position back to the specific people who defended it.
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1. Wikipedia: Aesthetics
WikipediaAesthetics, lead section, emergence sentence
Aesthetic thought has its roots in antiquity but only emerged as a distinct field of inquiry in the 18th century when philosophers systematically engaged with the subject.
Aesthetics, lead section, Baumgarten term-coining sentence
The Latin term aesthetica was coined by the philosopher Alexander Baumgarten in 1735
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