CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2017
| Author | Tang, Kai Hong |
|---|---|
| Title | Aesthetic Basis: A reenactment Account of the Aesthetic |
| Summary | My thesis is concerned with the issue of defining the aesthetic as applied to works of art. The concept of “the aesthetic” can be applied to aesthetic items in different categories – they are, mainly, aesthetic judgments, aesthetic experiences, aesthetic properties, aesthetic values, etc. These items are thought to be inter-definable; accordingly, understanding one of them would be enough for understanding the aesthetic. My thesis aims at finding the aesthetic basis for the concept of the aesthetic. I closely focus on two aesthetic items – aesthetic properties and aesthetic experience – and defend the latter. I firstly explain how aestheticians should argue for the aesthetic basis; then I move on to explain the two aesthetic items as well as spelling out in detail how the two items be taken as the basis; finally, I argue that aesthetic experience is the most promising ground for the aesthetic, by bringing my own theory on the table. |
| Supervisor | Miščević, Nenad |
| Department | Philosophy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2017/tang_kai-hong.pdf |
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