The aim of this thesis is to foreground the “aesthetic” horizon of Nelson Goodman’s thought. In fact, he opens the analytical tradition to an aesthetic dimension, offering a unitary vision of the different symbolic and artistic productions, as well as of knowledge. From this point of view art itself is a form of understanding, and the “aesthetic experience” is not limited to the appreciation of a supposed world of “artifacts”, but rather enables understanding and experience. This thesis addresses some of the major concerns of Goodman’s aesthetic approach: the critique of resemblance theories and that of the distinction between “natural” and “conventional” signs; the problem of “representation” as productive of “objects of experience”; the functionalist thesis and the “symptoms” of the aesthetic; the intransitiveness of the work of art; the distinction between “autographic” and “allographic”, as well as between “copy” and “replica”; the notion of “activation” and the relationship of identity-difference between “work of art” and “object”; the reconception of “knowledge” in terms of “understanding”.
Scopo della tesi è mettere in evidenza l’orizzonte “estetico” del pensiero di Nelson Goodman. Questi, infatti, apre la tradizione analitica a una dimensione estetica, rendendo possibile una visione unitaria delle diverse produzioni simboliche e artistiche, così come della conoscenza. Da questo punto di vista l’arte stessa è una intesa come una forma di comprensione, e l’esperienza estetica non è confinata all’apprezzamento di un mondo di “artefatti”, ma è ciò che rende possibile la comprensione e l’esperienza (quale che sia). Questa lavoro affronta alcuni dei punti principali dell’estetica di Goodman: la critica alle teorie della “somiglianza” e alla distinzione tra segni “naturali” e segni “convenzionali”; il problema della rappresentazione come produzione di “oggetti d’esperienza”; la tesi funzionalista e i “sintomi” dell’estetico; l’intransitività dell’opera d’arte; la distinzione tra “autografico” e “allografico” e quella tra “copia” e “replica”; la nozione di “attivazione” e la relazione di identità-differenza tra “opera” e “oggetto”; il ripensare la “conoscenza” in termini di “comprensione”.
Il problema della rappresentazione in Nelson Goodman / Marchetti, Luca. - (2005).
Il problema della rappresentazione in Nelson Goodman
MARCHETTI, Luca
01/01/2005
Abstract
The aim of this thesis is to foreground the “aesthetic” horizon of Nelson Goodman’s thought. In fact, he opens the analytical tradition to an aesthetic dimension, offering a unitary vision of the different symbolic and artistic productions, as well as of knowledge. From this point of view art itself is a form of understanding, and the “aesthetic experience” is not limited to the appreciation of a supposed world of “artifacts”, but rather enables understanding and experience. This thesis addresses some of the major concerns of Goodman’s aesthetic approach: the critique of resemblance theories and that of the distinction between “natural” and “conventional” signs; the problem of “representation” as productive of “objects of experience”; the functionalist thesis and the “symptoms” of the aesthetic; the intransitiveness of the work of art; the distinction between “autographic” and “allographic”, as well as between “copy” and “replica”; the notion of “activation” and the relationship of identity-difference between “work of art” and “object”; the reconception of “knowledge” in terms of “understanding”.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.


