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Problemi zasnivanja moderne estetike: estetika kao analiza iskustva svesti
Aesthetics as Analyis of Mind Experience

Author(s): Iva Draškić Vićanović
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju
Keywords: modern aesthetics; epistemology; subjective mind; mind experience; introspection; beauty; phenomenal quality

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents an attempt to shed light on causes and circumstances 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 ­ philocophical 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.

  • Issue Year: 26/2015
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 617-628
  • Page Count: 12