Meaning and beauty.
Published In: Ratio, 2023, v. 36, n. 1. P. 51 1 of 3
Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3
Authored By: Scripter, Lucas 3 of 3
Abstract
What place do experiences of beauty have in a meaningful life? A marginal one, at best, it would seem, if one looks at the current literature in analytic philosophy. Treatments of beauty within so‐called "analytic existentialism" tend to suffer from four limitations: beauty is neglected, reduced to artistic production, saddled to theology, or taken as a mere application of a broader theoretical framework. These discussions fail to engage with the rich tradition of philosophical aesthetics. In this essay, I begin by responding to the contention that experiences of beauty cannot lend life meaning because they are passive. Drawing on work in philosophical aesthetics, I then argue that encounters with the beautiful count as genuinely meaning‐conferring because they have features commonly taken as marks of meaningfulness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Additional Information
- Source:Ratio. 2023/03, Vol. 36, Issue 1, p51
- Document Type:Article
- Subject Area:Literature and Writing
- Publication Date:2023
- ISSN:0034-0006
- DOI:10.1111/rati.12356
- Accession Number:162103978
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