Why are we limiting this question to "feeling"? There was a time when aesthetics was more about reason than feeling because it was thought art could be experienced and judged according to immutable laws, proportion, idealizations, etc., independent of individual passions.Of course this is not a common view anymore and it's no longer viable to speak of the mutual exclusivity of reason and feeling. But the term aesthetics remains and carries forth its earlier definitions. Moreover, I don't think any of us would exclude some analytical cognition whenever "that feeling" is experienced.
wc ----- Original Message ---- From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected]; [email protected] Sent: Fri, February 26, 2010 1:11:31 PM Subject: Re: "What is happening during an 'a.e.'?" In a message dated 2/23/10 6:56:17 PM, [email protected] writes: > Do you believe we get that feeling > > only when contemplating what most of us call "works of art"? What "IS" > > it?!" > I think we would do well to limit the question to what we feel when contemplating works-made by human beings,objects or series of actions designed to be repeated ,not sports feats or natural phenomena or other living beings. Kate Sullivan
