نوع مقاله : علمی ـ پژوهشی
نویسندگان
1 بلوار فهمیده شمالی، کوچه ۲۰۳
2 استادیار گروه فلسفه هنر، دانشکده حقوق، الهیات و علوم سیاسی، واحد علوم و تحقیقات، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، تهران، ایران
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عنوان مقاله [English]
نویسندگان [English]
This article explores the evolutionary theory of art through the philosophical lens of Mohan
Matthen, a contemporary Canadian philosopher of Indian descent, with the aim of elucidating how aesthetic experience originates as a perceptual-biological capacity. Matthen contends that art should not be understood solely as a cultural or conventional construct but rather as fundamentally grounded in perceptual and cognitive mechanisms that have been shaped and refined throughout human evolutionary history. In contrast, the classical aesthetic framework proposed by Immanuel Kant in The Critique of Judgment introduces the concept of “disinterested pleasure,” characterizing aesthetic appreciation as a subjective experience that is independent of practical or utilitarian concerns. Employing a descriptive-analytical methodology, this study endeavors to bridge these perspectives by demonstrating how Matthen’s biologically informed account can serve as a foundational basis for Kant’s theory of disinterested aesthetic pleasure. The analysis reveals that, despite their divergent starting points—one rooted in evolutionary biology and the other in transcendental philosophy—both approaches offer complementary insights that, when integrated, deepen our understanding of the nature and origins of aesthetic experience
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