Are Supertasters Good Candidates for Being Humean Ideal Critics? A supertaster (also known as a hypertaster) is someone who has more taste buds than average. The five attributes of Hume's ideal critic: "strong sense, united to delicate sentiment, improved by practice, perfected by comparison, and cleared of all prejudice."
Posted on July 18, 2006
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