美学研究的“哥白尼式革命”——康德先验论美学方法论解析

康德发动过一场"哥白尼式的革命"么?科恩的质疑和否定回答使这一已成定论的说法再次成为问题。事实上,正是康德在形而上学领域发动的"哥白尼式革命"才彻底改变了主客体关系,形成了独特的先验论。也正是先验方法在美学领域的运用,才使康德得以超越经验主义和理性主义,从而独立系统地批判主体的审美能力,形成独特的美学思想,扭转了当时西方美学的研究方向,成为"德国古典美学的开山祖"。在当下美学转型的语境中,重温康德的"哥白尼式革命"具有很强的现实意义。

Copernicus' Revolution in Aesthetic Research——An Analysis of Kant's Transcendental Aesthetic Methodology

Did Kant launch the Copernicus'Revolution?Cohen's negative response kept the question unresolved again.As a matter of fact,it was Copernicus'Revolution launched by Kant in the realm of metaphysics that thoroughly changed the relationship between the subject and object and thus developed his unique apriorism.It was the application of transcendental methodology in the realm of aesthetics that made Kant transcend experimentalism and rationalism,independently and systematically criticize subjective aesthetic capability,shape his distinctive aesthetic ideology which reversed the trend of Western esthetics and made Kant the father of German classic aesthetics.In the present context of aesthetic transformation,reflecting Kant's Copernicus' Revolution is of great realistic significance.