彼得·基维“轮廓理论”新解——隐喻、相似性与“异质同构”

A New Study on Peter Kivy's“Theory of Contour”:Metaphor,Similarity and Heterogeneous Isomorphism

"轮廓理论"是当代西方美学前沿理论,由美国当代哲学家彼得·基维(Peter Kivy)提出,是一种涉及经验哲学、分析美学、认知科学等多学科知识,并将人类情感与音乐情感的表现形式相类比的"相似论"。这种"相似论"与苏珊·朗格的符号论有"异质同构"的特点,但"轮廓理论"的"异质同构"更"边缘",属于轮廓的相似,这种相似性近年来在西方引起了众多与"隐喻"理论相关的探讨。

"Contour Theory"is a frontier theory of the western aesthetics,it has been put forward based by Kivy which compares thoughts of the musical and emotional problems which also involve multidisciplinary knowledge such as empirical philosophy,analytical aesthetics and cognitive science.In my opinion,"Contour Theory"is a kind of"similar theory"which compares human emotion and the forms of music emotion.Heterogeneous isomorphism is the characteristics between"Contour Theory"and Susan Langer's semiology.The difference is,"contour theory"is a kind of contour similar,and it is more marginal which caused much discussions referring to metaphors in the West.