卡西尔:艺术是一种超越性的构型过程

Cassirer:art is a transcending formational process

德国学者卡西尔的符号论美学理论,作为其独特的符号哲学的一个重要组成部分,对20世纪西方美学产 生了广泛而深远的影响。本文试图从他的符号哲学理论入手,初步探讨其对艺术的基本界定:艺术是一种超越 性的构型过程。其中,又包含三方面的规定:艺术是一个发现实在的形式的过程,一个创造性的构型过程,一 个超越实在的解放过程。

The theory of symbolic aesthetics,as an important part of Cassirer＇s symbolic philosophy,possesses a wide and profound influence on western aesthetics in the 20th ccnturyo Starting from his symbolic philosophy,this article tries to discussion his essential definition of art：Art is a transcending formational process,which includes three prescripts.Art is a process of discovering actual forms,a process of creative formation,and a liberation process of transcending actuality.