关于艺术哲学的对话——《美学十日谈》之一

Conversation on Art Philosophy:Ten Days Talk on Aesthetics(I)

通常我们所谓的艺术哲学,即对作为人类审美活动集中表现和高级形态的艺术进行哲学思考和研究,阐明它的最一般、最根本的规律。美学研究者应该从大量的客观存在的艺术现象(历史的和现实的)入手,逐渐深入,形成中国自己的艺术哲学体系。因此,艺术哲学的第一部分应该研究和论述艺术的起源以及艺术的历史发展。第二部分应该研究和阐述艺术的种类,考察各种各样、纷纭复杂的艺术活动的生动形态。在考察和研究了客观存在的大量艺术现象之后,才能在此基础上认识艺术的本质——此乃艺术哲学的第三部分。不过,应特别要强调的是,艺术的本质是建构的,因而没有绝对的"永恒的"一成不变的艺术本质。艺术作为一种特殊的审美文化现象,必有其独特品格,因此,在艺术哲学的第四部分,就应该研究和论述艺术的特性。

Generally speaking, art philosophy is a philosophical thinking and study of art which is a concentrated ex- pression and advanced form of human aesthetic activities. Art philosophy illustrates the most fundamental law of art. Chinese aesthetic researchers should start to study most objective art phenomena and gradually form our own art philos- ophy system. Therefore, the first part of art philosophy should be a discussion of the origin of art and historical devel- opment of art. And the second part should be an elaboration of categories of art and lively forms of different kinds of art. Only based upon an investigation of many objective art phenomena could we study the essence of art, and this is the third part of art philosophy. However, it is especially worthy to be noted that the essence of art is constructive but there is never a changeless art essence. As a peculiar aesthetic cultural phenomenon, art necessarily has its own quality. So, the fourth part of art philosophy should be a study of the features of art.