Why Do We Love the Horror of Halloween? | Philosophy Tube

Why do we take pleasure in spooky scary art, and can Hume, Carroll, and Aristotle solve the Paradox of Horror?
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Recommended Reading:
Noël Carroll, “Why Horror?” in Arguing About Art
Berys Gaut, “The Paradox of Horror,” in Arguing About Art
Jerrold Levinson, “Pleasure and the Value of Works of Art,” in The British Journal of Aesthetics

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