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1、Levinson,Jerrold(Editor),DepartmentofPhilosophy,UniversityofMarylandTheOxfordHandbookofAestheticsPrintISBN9780199279456,2005pp.[3]-[24]1PhilosophicalAesthetics:AnOverviewJerroldLevinsonAbstract:TheDomainofAesthetics–FiveProblemsinAnalyticAestheticsKeywords:aesthetic,domain,backgro
2、und1.TheDomainofAesthetics1.1IntroductionAestheticsisthebranchofphilosophydevotedtoconceptualandtheoreticalinquiryintoartandaestheticexperience.InthischapterIofferfirstanoutlineofthestructureofphilosophicalaestheticsasawhole,andthenaselectivesketchofthedevelopmentofAnglo-Americana
3、estheticsoverthepastfiftyyears,focusingonfivecentraltopics:theconceptoftheaesthetic,thedefinitionofart,theontologyofart,representationinart,andexpressioninart.Thesetopicsare,ofcourse,alsoaddressedatgreaterlengthincorrespondingchapterselsewhereinthisvolume.Onemayusefullythinkofthef
4、ieldofphilosophicalaestheticsashavingthreefoci,througheachofwhichitmightbeadequatelyconceived.Onefocusinvolvesacertainkindofpracticeoractivityorobject—thepracticeofart,ortheactivitiesofmakingandappreciatingart,orthosemanifoldobjectsthatareworksofart.Asecondfocusinvolvesacertainkin
5、dofproperty,feature,oraspectofthings—namely,onethatisaesthetic,suchasbeautyorgraceordynamism.Andathirdfocusinvolvesacertainkindofattitude,perception,orexperience—onethat,onceagain,couldbelabelledaesthetic.endp.3PRINTEDFROMOXFORDHANDBOOKSONLINE(www.oxfordhandbooks.com)©CopyrightOxf
6、ordUniversityPress,2010.AllRightsReservedNotsurprisingly,thereareintimaterelationsamongthesethreeconceptions.Forexample,artmightbeconceivedasapracticeinwhichpersonsaimtomakeobjectsthatpossessvaluableaestheticproperties,orthatareapttogivesubjectsvaluableaestheticexperiences.Oraesth
7、eticpropertiesmightbeconceivedasthoseprominentlypossessedbyworksofart,orthoseonwhichaestheticexperienceiscentrallydirected.Oraestheticexperiencemightbeconceivedasthesortofexperiencethatfigurescentrallyintheappreciationofworksofartortheaestheticpropertiesofthings,whethernaturalorma
8、n-made.Thequestionofwhichoftheset
