The Intelligibility of Beauty

In this chapter we will explore the nature of beauty, using the second level of Lonergan’s theory of consciousness as a hermeneutic guide, not only in order to delimit our discussion, but also to prepare for a fuller discussion of aesthetic judgments in the next chapter. Specifically, I address how...

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1. Verfasser:	Dadosky, John
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Abstract entities Aesthetic judgment Aesthetic simplicity Aesthetics Applied arts Architecture Arts Astronomy Axiology Beauty Behavioral sciences Cognitive psychology Eclipses Emotion Emotional states Geometric shapes Geometry Mathematical physics Mathematics Metaphysics Nominalism Observational astronomy Occultation Ontology Philosophy Physical sciences Physics Psychology Pure mathematics Serenity Symmetry Transcendentals
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Zusammenfassung:	In this chapter we will explore the nature of beauty, using the second level of Lonergan’s theory of consciousness as a hermeneutic guide, not only in order to delimit our discussion, but also to prepare for a fuller discussion of aesthetic judgments in the next chapter. Specifically, I address how beauty would be conceived in Lonergan’s philosophy at the second level of operations, understanding. Recall from chapter 1 that this level pertains to intelligibility. In other words, what is grasped in the act of understanding is the intelligible unity in the data or the relations among the data. I will