Author's Reply for Herder's Naturalistic Aesthetics.

The author responds to comments on her book "Herder's Naturalistic Aesthetics," which focuses on philosopher Johann Gottfried Herder's thinking in aesthetics. She discusses her attempt to reconstruct Herder's naturalist aesthetics, her hopes to bring attention to Herder's work as a resource for contemporary thinking, Herder's endorsement of cultural diversity and Herder's thoughts on cultural expression as a value of artwork. Also, she explores the tension within Herder's thought on taste as identified by author Gregg Horowitz.