La dignidad de la imaginación. Alexander Baumgarten y el contexto denacimiento de la Estética

The Dignity of Imagination. Alexander Baumgarten and the Context ofthe Birth of Aesthetics”. The paper deals with the role of imagination in the disciplinaryconstitution of Aesthetics. For this purpose it is divided into three sections:the first one focuses on showing how imagination acquires a cert...

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Autor Principal: Valle, Julio del
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Idioma: spa
Publicado: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú - Departamento de Humanidades 2011
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Sumario: The Dignity of Imagination. Alexander Baumgarten and the Context ofthe Birth of Aesthetics”. The paper deals with the role of imagination in the disciplinaryconstitution of Aesthetics. For this purpose it is divided into three sections:the first one focuses on showing how imagination acquires a certain dignity at aspecific moment in the history of western thought; the second section shows howthis new status will allow, within the special historical context of Enlightenment,the birth of aesthetic reflection lead by Alexander Baumgarten. The third sectionof this paper focuses on showing how the aesthetic perspective implies decidedlychoosing to give reflexive sensitivity a significant spot within the comprehensionthat man has of himself and of the world in which he is immersed.