The aesthetic turn
Taylor, Mark C. (2016)
Taylor, Mark C.
The Donner Institute, Åbo Akademi
2016
Kuvaus
Mark C. Taylor, Columbia University
Mark C. Taylor holds a PhD in Religion from Harvard University and a Doktorgrad in Philosophy from the University of Copenhagen. He is the author of many books in diverse fields and is currently in the Religion Department at Columbia University.
Mark C. Taylor holds a PhD in Religion from Harvard University and a Doktorgrad in Philosophy from the University of Copenhagen. He is the author of many books in diverse fields and is currently in the Religion Department at Columbia University.
Tiivistelmä
This paper considers alternative styles of philosophy, based on art or science, through an investigation of Rudolf Carnap and Martin Heidegger. Carnap’s criticism of Heidegger’s account of das Nichts is analysed in relation to Immanuel Kant’s theory of the imagination. Heidegger’s account of the work of art demonstrates philosophies that take science as their model, over-emphasize cognition, and do not adequately consider the importance of apprehension.