Filozofska istraživanja, Vol. 42 No. 4, 2022.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.21464/fi42402
Engaged Philosophy – the Case of Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art
Iris Vidmar Jovanović
orcid.org/0000-0003-3780-6457
; Sveučilište u Rijeci, Filozofski fakultet, Sveučilišna avenija 4, HR–51000 Rijeka
Abstract
In this paper, I address the question of engaged philosophy with an emphasis on aesthetics and the philosophy of art. Referring to some specific problems discussed in these areas – in particular climate change, ecological crisis and immoral art – I demonstrate that philosophy can be engaged in two ways: (i) in its aspiration to question social reality, culture, human experience and the strategies for making sense of and finding value in that experience; (ii) in the aspiration to contribute to the well-being of individuals and society through its contribution to understanding that reality and experience. First, I point to the connection between the philosophical questions and the fundamental intellectual aspirations of human beings as social and cultural beings, but also as autonomous knowers and valuers. Second, I respond to two objections that can be directed against engaged philosophy: (i) one that points to a lack of consensus among philosophical responses (the problem of disagreement), and (ii) one that highlights the irrelevance of philosophical debates to our social practice.
Keywords
engaged philosophy; aesthetics; philosophy of art; disagreement
Hrčak ID:
303611
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Publication date:
28.12.2022.
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