The Aesthetic Sense of Habit

Abstract

In this article I discuss the aesthetic sense of habits. I intend to propose that between habits and the aesthetic dimension of experience (including art) there is a close and constituent mutual relationship. In particular, I will suggest the following theses: (i) the way in which habits form and organize experience, and more precisely, the relationship between individuals and the environment, is aesthetic; (ii) aesthetic experience (and not only art) requires habits and is organized through habits that acquire normative force; (iii) habits are a source of aesthetic experience: everyday prac-tices constitute an important dimension of practices with an aesthetic tenor