Revision and development of the ideal appreciator theory to create a multicultural view of aesthetic experiences

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K12993
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 01050:Aesthetics and art studies-related
• Research Institution: Otsuma Women's University
• Principal Investigator: Mori Norihide 大妻女子大学, 国際センター, 講師 (30720932)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 分析美学 / 美的価値 / 美的経験 / 対話型観賞 / ネタバレ / 理想的鑑賞者 / 批評 / 快楽主義

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, I reconsidered the ideal appreciator view in theories of aesthetic experience and aesthetic value. In the research, the "network theory" recently proposed by Dominic Lopes was used as an auxiliary line of inquiry. The conclusions of this study are as follows. The explanatory power of the ideal viewer theory is questionable in today's age of diversified values. The normativity of aesthetic values needs to be judged, bearing in mind what competence is demonstrated in each aesthetic activities and what it is recognized as an achievement in the community.

Free Research Field

美学・芸術哲学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の成果として、美的価値論の動向をまとめた論文を発表した。また、近年の美学の多様なトピックを紹介する文献執筆・書籍編集をできたことも、本研究の成果である。さらに本研究の過程では、鑑賞教育（とりわけ「対話型観賞」を取り入れる近年の動向）について、いくつかの執筆および情報発信を行った。こちらの成果は、美学・哲学以外の分野でも大きな反響を呼び、美術館などでの観賞教育プログラムに活用されている。