Aesthetics as analysis of mind experience
pages: 617-628
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https://doi.org/10.2298/FID1503617DAbstract
The paper presents an at tempt to shed light on causes and circum stances which brought about foundation of aesthetics in 18th century as discipline which analyzes mind experience. Author recognizes key importance of 17th century epistemology for constitution of modern aesthetics, principally idea of subjectivity, subject-object relation problem and new method - philosophical introspection. Special place in modern aesthetics, according to author, deserves aesthetic theory of Francis Hutcheson who defines beauty as phenomenal quality of subjective experience of human mind. Keywords: modern aesthetics, epistemology, subjective mind, mind experience, introspection, beauty, phenomenal qualityDownloads
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