美學與認知科學

Aesthetics and Cognitive Science

美學問題由來已久。而迄今為止的中西方美學原理研究都存在思維方式的局限性，即經驗論思維占統治地位。上世紀六、七十年代興起的認知思維變革，使美學學科可以依據認知心理學、腦科學等新興學科的最新成果，告別經驗論思維慣性，走出美學學科直接依附於哲學本體論的陰影，在認知思維的層面上重建美學學科的科學性。在此前提下，認知美學的邏輯框架漸已成型，一系列原創的或創造性移植的概念，如審美思維四結構、主體的超越感與補償律、語圖的雙重轉換等的提出，為認知思維進入美學領域提供了具體的路徑。

This paper is an introduction to the author’s completed monograph Cognitive Aesthetics. This paper reflects on the logical characteristics of Chinese and Western aesthetic research, explains the thinking shackles that restrict the further development of aesthetic research at present, points out that the thinking law of humanities and natural science research are intrinsically linked and integrated, and aesthetic research should follow this thinking law and integrate the research results of natural science, brain science, psychology, humanities and social science, etc. In the general framework of cognitive science, the new theoretical construction of aesthetics is carried out.