 On the other hand, the overall argument could just as easily cut the other way. If it’s physical objects that literally have perceptual properties, then why not take works of art, all of them, to be physical objects, with kinds being granted the title in an extended sense of the term, by a small conceptual courtesy? As traditionally interpreted, Aristotle holds that in the primary sense a substance is an individual, but in a secondary sense, by extension, a species is also a substance. Why not say something similar about works of art? Why not say, that, strictly speaking, works of art are physical objects, but in a secondary sense, works of art are kinds?