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1、AestheticOrder“animpressivelyfar-rangingandthoughtfulstudy”KendallWalton,UniversityofMichiganInspiteofitscentralityinhumanexperience,beautyhasinthelastcenturybeenostracizedfromphilosophicaldiscussionsanditsbondwithartsevered.AestheticOrdernotonlyrevivesinterestinbeautyandbri
2、ngsitbackintothelimelightofaestheticdiscussion,butalsorecrownsitasavitalandcentralconceptthatreignstheunderstandingofart.RuthLorandexplainsbeautyintermsofalawlessorder,onethatcapturesthecomplexitiesofbeautyanditsinherentparadoxes.Artisthentheproductoftheattempttomasterthisor
3、derandcreatebeauty.Thebookbeginswithadetaileddiscussionofthenotionsoforder,disorder,andtheirmutualdependence.Itproceedswithananalysisofinterpretation.Thenotionofasestheticorderispresentedasacomplementarynotiontothetraditional,discursiveconceptoforder,whichisquantitativeinits
4、approach.Aestheticorder,asbothquantitativeandqualitative,interpretsexperienceandexpressesvalues,culturalandindividualpreferences,andasenseofnecessity.LoranddrawsfromanimpressivebreadthofphilosophicalmaterialfromPlatotoSpinoza,Kant,andWittgenstein,aswellascontemporaryaestheti
5、cianssuchasGoodman,Mothersill,Ingarden,Danto,Margolis,andothers.ShealsodrawsfromrecentresearchinexperimentalaestheticsandInformationTheory.AestheticOrderchallengescontemporarytheoriesofaesthetics,offeringbeautyasaformofinterpretationthatintegratesbothquantitativeandqualitati
6、veaspectsofexperience.Itwillbeofimportancetoanyoneinterestedinaesthetictheory.RuthLorandisSeniorLecturerinPhilosophyattheUniversityofHaifa,Israel.RoutledgeStudiesinTwentieth-CenturyPhilosophy1TheStoryofAnalyticPhilosophyPlotsandheroesEditedbyAnatBiletzkiandAnatMatar2DonaldDa
7、vidsonTruth,meaningandknowledgeEditedbyUrszulaZeglén3PhilosophyandOrdinaryLanguageThebentandgeniusofourtongueOswaldHanfling4TheSubjectinQuestionSartre’scritiqueofHusserlinTheTranscendenceoftheEgoStephenPriestAestheticOrderAPhilosophyofOrder,BeautyandArtRuthLorandLondonandNew
8、YorkFirstpublished2000byRoutledge11NewFetterLane,LondonEC4P4EESimultaneousl