Grasping the Wind? Aesthetic Participation, between Cognition and Immersion

Aesthetic theory looks for concepts that are able to grasp (Latin: concipere – to conceive, but also to grasp, seize, capture) a specific experience that is renowned for its ineffable character. Such attempts to elaborate conceptually what is known without concepts (Kant) may inspire a skeptical...

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Main Author: Mădălina Diaconu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Contemporary Aesthetics, Inc. 2013-01-01
Series:Contemporary Aesthetics
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Online Access:http://www.contempaesthetics.org/newvolume/pages/article.php?articleID=681