Phenomenology of Aesthetic Values in Analysis of Knowledge and Valuation by Clarence Irving Lewis

Robert Rogoziecki

Abstract


The text is a presentation of the theory of aesthetic values by Clarence Irving Lewis’ in relation to I. Kant’s aesthetics. Its main contention that the Lewisian theory of the aesthetic is an attempt of adaptation and interpretation of the basic assumptions of Kantian aesthetics in the light of the requirements of conceptual pragmatism. The essay involves: (1) the general introduction to the axiology of C. I. Lewis with accentuation of the role of pragmatic a priori in his thought; (2) characteristics and classification of values, with emphasis on the specificity of aesthetic values in Lewisian theory of values; (3) characteristics of aesthetic values as they are presented in AKV – here the accent is put on its particularly presentational character, (4) consideration of the criteria of aestheticity in Lewisian axiology, (5) juxtaposition of Lewis’ theory of values with Kantian aesthetics. 


Keywords


transcendental; conceptual pragmatism; inherent value; instrumental value; terminating judgment; non-terminating judgement

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17951/kw.2016.20.95
Date of publication: 2017-05-08 13:08:12
Date of submission: 2016-12-17 11:52:15


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