打破英语美学界“审美经验”概念的困局

The Predicament of Anglo-American Aesthetic Experience and Its Extrication

"审美经验"概念在20世纪后的英语美学界陷入了一种不断被高举,又不断被质疑,不断被重新定义,又不断被推翻的困局,具体表现为三组对立:美学与艺术理论的核心问题/神话与幻象,情感性体验/与情感无关,评价性/描述性。这种困局就根本上而言源于审美经验与艺术界定的错误结合、以及与其密切相关的"艺术经验即审美经验"的错误等式。因此,打破困局的最好办法就是消除这一错误等式,为审美经验与艺术界定的紧密结合松绑。这样做不仅可以将审美经验从艺术领域的束缚中解放出来,同时也可以将艺术从审美经验的束缚中解放出来。

The concept of ＂aesthetic experience＂ has fallen into a serious predicament since the late 20th century, especially in Anglo-American philosophy. Sometimes this concept is put in the core position in aesthetics and art theories, while other time even its existence is questioned, only being taken as phantom or myth; According to some philosophers, this concept is commendatory and represents only those affective experiences, while in other philosophers＇ eyes, this concept is purely descriptive and can also contain those experiences without any affects or emotions. Underlying this predicament is the wrong binding of aesthetic experience with the definition of art, and the blurred distinction between aesthetic and artistic experiences. So, the best way to extricate the concept from the predicament is to break down the wrong binding, clarify the distinction, and liberate the concepts of aesthetic experience and art from each other.