 Last, and independent of the other objections, there is the problem of circularity. Works of art are defined in terms of the artworld; the artworld consists of people who have some sort of special doings with works of art. Ultimately, art is defined in terms of itself. To the response to this—basically, Dickie’s—that the circle is large enough to make the definition interesting and informative, Beardsley shakes his head in dismay: if works of art are