INCREASING THE PROBABILITY OF GOOD ART: DESCARTES, AESTHETIC JUDGMENT, AND GENEROSITY

Year 2024, Issue: 37, 259 - 282, 07.05.2024

James Griffith

https://doi.org/10.53844/flsf.1442537

Abstract

Descartes’ first book, 1618’s Compendium of Music, focuses on biomechanical reactions in the human body but also claims that the purpose of art is to arouse emotions. By the end of the 1630s, however, he had given up on precisely predicting how that arousal may occur. This article contends, though, that Descartes’ abandonment of that project is a result of using an inappropriate psychological model for such predictions. An appropriate model is developed in his last book, 1649’s The Passions of the Soul. Especially by attending to generosity and desire, the probability of predicting aesthetic judgments is at least increased. In increasing it, Descartes’ abandonment need not be total.

Keywords

Descartes, Descartes, Descartes, Descartes, Compendium of Music, The Passions of the Soul, aesthetic judgment, generosity, desire, love

İYİ SANATIN OLASILIĞINI ARTIRMAK: DESCARTES, ESTETİK YARGI VE YÜCE GÖNÜLLÜLÜK

Abstract

Descartes'ın ilk kitabı olan 1618 tarihli Compendium Musicae, insan vücudundaki biyomekanik reaksiyonlara odaklanır ancak aynı zamanda sanatın amacının duyguları uyandırmak olduğunu da iddia eder. Ama 1630'ların sonuna gelindiğinde bu uyarılmanın nasıl gerçekleşebileceğini kesin olarak tahmin etmekten vazgeçmişti. Ancak bu makale, Descartes'ın bu projeden vazgeçmesinin, bu tür tahminler için uygun olmayan bir psikolojik model kullanmasının bir sonucu olduğunu ileri sürüyor. Uygun bir model 1649 tarihli son kitabı olan Ruhun Tutkuları’nda geliştirildi. Özellikle yüce gönüllülük ve arzuya önem verilerek estetik yargıların tahmin edilme olasılığı en azından artar. Bunun artışı, Descartes’ın terk edişinin top yekun olmasının önüne geçecektir.

Keywords

Compendium Musicae, Ruhun Tutkuları, estetik yargı, cömertlik, arzu, aşk, Descartes, Descartes, Descartes, Descartes, Descartes, Descartes, The Passions of the Soul, The Passions of the Soul, aesthetic judgment, aesthetic judgment, generosity, generosity, desire, desire, love, love

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