scholarly journals The aesthetic turn

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 6-13
Author(s):  
Mark Taylor

This paper considers alternative styles of philosophy, based on art or science, through an investigation of Rudolf Carnap and Martin Heidegger. Carnap’s criticism of Heidegger’s account of das Nichts is analysed in relation to Immanuel Kant’s theory of the imagination. Heidegger’s account of the work of art demonstrates philosophies that take science as their model, over-emphasize cognition, and do not adequately consider the importance of apprehension.

PMLA ◽  
1891 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-40
Author(s):  
John P. Fruit

That teacher of literature who has not comprehended the significance of a work of Art, has never been endued with the spirit and power of his high calling. He stands unwittingly in the place of an apostle of “that external quality of bodies which may be shown to be in some sort typical of the Divine attributes.”“Those qualities, or types,” according to Ruskin, “on whose combination is dependent the power of mere material loveliness” are:“Infinity, or the type of Divine Incomprehensibility; Unity, or the type of the Divine Comprehensibility; Repose, or the type of the Divine Permanence; Symmetry, or the type of the Divine Justice; Purity, or the type of the Divine Energy; Moderation, or the type of Government by Law.”


2013 ◽  
Vol 54 (127) ◽  
pp. 227-245
Author(s):  
Javier Cumpa

En 1931, Rudolf Carnap publicó un artículo titulado "Die Überwindung der Metaphysik durch logische Analyse der Sprache" donde calificaba algunas expresiones de la conferencia de Martin Heidegger, "Was ist Metaphysik?", como 'sinsentidos'. Distinguía así entre expresiones (enunciados) 'con' y 'sin' sentido. Denunció que las que violaran el criterio empirista de significado serían del segundo tipo: 'pseudo-expresiones'. Sin embargo, Carnap reconocía desconocer la fuente exacta de los sinsentidos al comentar que expresaban algo, pero 'como lo hace un artista'. En 1936, Heidegger reaccionaba explorando el 'como lo hace un artista' de Carnap en una conferencia en Zürich, "Der Ursprung des Kunstwerkes", donde distinguía, basado en la 'diferencia ontológica' de Sein und Zeit (1927), entre expresiones (lenguaje) 'de comunicación' y 'del ser'. En 1955, Heidegger fundaría esa distinción en términos de áreas de investigación, 'filosofía' y 'poesía', en la conferencia de Normandia, "Was ist das-die Philosophie?". En ella, Heidegger, no obstante, concluía, al igual que Carnap, no saber cómo distinguirlas, dado que el lenguaje acoge a ambas. Esta disputa por la prioridad entre tipos de expresión continúa en nuestros días (Stove 1991; Smith 1992; Lacoue-Labarthe 2002; Gadenne 2008; y Nef 2009). En este escrito, quisiera contribuir a la controversia ensayando una reconciliación entre lo que llamaré 'la concepción formal del mundo', representada por el realismo lógico, el empirismo lógico y las fenomenologías realista y trascendental, y 'la concepción informal del mundo', representada por la filosofía del lenguaje ordinario, la hermenéutica, la deconstrucción, el contextualismo y la poesía. La conclusión será una eliminación de las prioridades mediante una defensa biológica de la libertad de expresión.


2019 ◽  
pp. 196-223
Author(s):  
Thomas Nail

Chapter 10 presents a realist aesthetics (versus constructivist) and a kinetic materialism (versus formal idealism) that focuses on the material kinetic structure of the work of art itself, inclusive of milieu and viewer. What the author calls “kinesthetics” is a return to the works of art themselves as fields of images, affects, and sensations. The chapter more specifically offers a focused study of the material kinetic conditions of the dominant aesthetic field of relation during the Middle Ages. The argument here and in the next chapter is that during the Middle Ages, the aesthetic field is defined by a tensional and relational regime of motion. This idea is supported by looking closely at three major arts of the Middle Ages: glassworks, the church, and distillation. The next chapter likewise considers perspective, the keyboard, and epistolography.


Author(s):  
Endre Kiss

Gadamer’s hermeneutic philosophy avoids the problem of literary objectiveness altogether. His approach witnesses the general fact that an indifference towards literary objectiveness in particular, leads to a peculiar neglect of par excellence literariness as such. It seems obvious, however, that the constitutive aspects of the crisis of literary objectiveness cannot be shown to contain the underlying intention of bringing about this situation. At this point, one can identify what could probably be the most important element in a definition of literary objectiveness. In contrast to ‘natural’ objectiveness and objectiveness based on various societal conventions, the legitimacy of a literary work is solely guaranteed by its elements being organized in accordance with the rules of literary objectiveness. Thus when the crisis of literary objectiveness intensifies, literariness will also find itself in a crisis. This crisis detaches new, quasi-literary formations from various definitions of literariness. When literary objectiveness ceases, however, to be understood as a system constituted by various objective formations aiming to correspond in one way or another to the ‘world’, scientific analysis of literary objectiveness will be rendered impossible. The crisis of literary objectiveness thus brings about the crisis of the theory of literature and the philosophy of art. Gadamer explicitly argues that the scientific approach proves to be inadequate in the analysis of artistic experience. This attitude results in the categorical rejection of a scientific orientation (and so in a complete indifference towards literary objectiveness), but he seems to overemphasize an otherwise correct thesis on the non-reflexive character of artistic experience. It is the anti-mimetic and Platonic character of Gadamer’s aesthetic hermeneutics that determines the status of literary (artistic) objectiveness in his system of thought. What is of crucial importance, however, is to point out that this aesthetics entails a fundamental reduction of the significance of literary objectiveness. As soon as the essence of aesthetic object-constitution is taken to be re-cognition (plus the emanating aesthetic possibilities), the absolutely natural interest in the original object represented by a work of art.Undoubtedly, Gadamer’s conception answers a number of questions that tend to be ignored by other theories. It is just as obvious, however, that Gadamer completes here the aesthetic devaluation of the objective domain. It is not the characteristics of the ‘original’ that constitute the image, but in effect the image turns the original into an original. Paraphrasing this claim one arrives at a near paradox: not objectiveness makes a work of art possible, but a work of art lends objects their objectiveness.


2018 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 339-361
Author(s):  
Thomas Khurana

Abstract This contribution traces an aesthetic shift in the concept of second nature that occurs around 1800 and raises the question as to what role art might play in a culture that already conceives of itself in generally aesthetic terms. The paper recalls Kant’s rejection of habit as a proper realization of ethical life and shows that in his third critique, Kant proposes a second nature of a different kind. To realize ethical life as a “second (supersensible) nature”, we cannot confine ourselves to mere habituation but require a different type of second nature that is exemplified by the work of art. The paper asks what role art may adopt in an aestheticised culture arising from the success of such an aesthetic understanding in the wake of Kant, from Schiller through to Nietzsche. It argues that art redefines its role by taking not first nature but the second nature of ethical life as its main point of reference. Art thus reconceives itself as a self-reflection of our second nature. The paper discusses three models of such self-reflection: the aesthetic estrangement, the beautiful completion, and the dialectical renegotiation of our second nature.


1952 ◽  
Vol 49 (8) ◽  
pp. 274
Author(s):  
Stephen C. Pepper
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Author(s):  
Anis Zubair ◽  
Elta Sonalitha ◽  
Salnan Ratih ◽  
Bambang Nurdewanto ◽  
Kukuh Yudhistiro ◽  
...  

The success of organizing a traditional work of art cannot be separated from the important role of data and information obtained from the public in general, and viewers or art connoisseurs in particular. This information is an indicator that can be used to measure the amount of public attention to traditional arts, which is an effort to promote traditional cultural arts. Data and information related to traditional artworks were obtained from filling out the instruments that were distributed to the public online to produce an opinion form that contained a complete description with a discussion containing the aesthetic of the artwork. Opinion data is needed as a measure of progress and preservation of a work of art. The linguistic measurement of opinion can be solved using fuzzy methods in a cryptic form that can be weighted. In this study, the authors tested the audience opinion text mining application on the presentation of traditional cultural artworks using fuzzy clustering using the functional testing method (Black box testing). Through this test will be discussed related to the menu or module to produce information.


2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sahrul Nazar

AbstractWayang Padang Theater performance, perceived from the communication perspective, commonly uses a lapau—a traditional coffeestall (pamenan kato)—style dialogue. Meanwhile, Wisran Hadi also makes use of visual aesthetic (pamenan mato). Pamenan is defined as a game, both creatively or philosophically. Dialogue plays an essential role in the performance that can provide a playful sense that sometimes sounds like there is a misscommunication or an altered meaning. This is actually a distinct characteristic of Wisran Hadi in presenting an entertainment through words. Pamenankato is a technique used by Wisran Hadi in creating a work of art that can entertain the society. The society itself is quite appreciative in absorbing the words uttered by the actors on the stage. On he other side, the visual aesthetic or pamenan matois related with thevisual elements shown on the stage. The aesthetic concept of the play can be seen from the use of words or expressions, the flow of the story, the characters, the costumes, the movements, and the organization of stage, music and lighting. These elements are effectively applied by Wisran Hadi in his Wayang Padang performance.Keywords : pamenan; pamenan Kato; pamenan Mato; Wayang Padang; Wisran HadiAbstrakPamenan sebagai Konsep Estetis Penciptaan Teater Wayang Padang. Pementasan teater Wayang Padang, ditinjau dari segi komunikasi, menggunakan dialog gaya lapau atau warung kopi (pamenan kato). Sementara itu, ditinjau dari segi estetika visual, Wisran Hadi memakai keindahan lihatan (pamenan mato). Pamenan diartikan sebagai permainan, baik permainan secara kreatif maupun permainan secara filosofis. Dialog menjadi hal yang utama dalam pementasan ini. Dialog dalam Wayang Padang seperti bermain-main, kadang-kadang tidak menyambung dan diplesetkan. Hal ini merupakan ciri khas Wisran Hadi dalam menghadirkan hiburan lewat kata-kata. Pamenan kato seperti ini merupakan cara Wisran Hadi dalam membangun karya yang bisa menghibur masyarakat. Masyarakat cukup apresiatif dalam menyimak seluruh kata yang diucapkan oleh aktor di atas pentas. Estetika visual atau pamenan mato berkaitan dengan permainan yang terlihat di panggung pementasan. Estetika konsep penciptaan yang mengarah pada permainan yang terlihat, meliputi unsur kata atau ucapan, cerita, tokoh, kostum, gerak, tata pentas, musik, dan cahaya. Unsur inilah yang dipermainkan oleh Wisran Hadi dalam pementasan teater Wayang Padang.Kata kunci : pamenan; pamenan Kato; pamenan Mato; Wayang Padang; Wisran Hadi


Author(s):  
Akihiro Kubota ◽  
Hirokazu Hori ◽  
Makoto Naruse ◽  
Fuminori Akiba

This paper proposes a new approach to investigation into the aesthetics. Specifically, it argues that it is possible to explain the aesthetic and its underlying dynamic relations with axiomatic structure (the octahedral axiom derived category) based on contemporary mathematics – namely, category theory – and through this argument suggests the possibility for discussion about the mathematical structure of the aesthetic. If there was a way to describe the structure of aesthetics with the language of mathematical structures and mathematical axioms – a language completely devoid of arbitrariness – then we would make possible a synthetical argument about the essential human activity of “the aesthetics”, and we would also gain a new method and viewpoint on the philosophy and meaning of the act of creating a work of art and artistic activities. This paper presents one hypothesis as a first step in constructing the science of dynamic generative aesthetics based on axiomatic functionalism, which is in turn based on a new interdisciplinary investigation into the functional structure of aesthetics.


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