ABSTRACT
This chapter provides an introduction to an aesthetic testimony, followed by a thought experiment. It is followed by a short discussion and then a series of questions. The topic of aesthetic testimony within the philosophy of art is complex, as it is interwoven with sophisticated epistemological issues. However people can get a sense of the general concern. For many things, they take the testimony of others as sufficient for knowledge. The questions discussed in the chapter are intended to get the philosophy students thinking about the problems. They have used these kinds of questions in seminars as the questions set for seminars, so they also think that they can be used to spark conversation and discussion. The chapter also gives a cursory sketch of some of the ways in which philosophers have responded to the thought experiment.
