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Phenomenology, Imagination, and Aesthetic Experience

Ausperk, Ryan
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1398270498

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2014, MA, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of Philosophy.
The objective of this thesis is to give a phenomenological account of the relationship between imagination and aesthetic experience. To begin, I give a preliminary sketch of some monumental figures in the area of aesthetics that have influenced phenomenological reflection on art. I then use the philosophy of Mikel Dufrenne to provide the basis of a phenomenological aesthetics, emphasizing the distinction between the work of art and the aesthetic object as well as providing an account of the structure of aesthetic experience. I then turn to Edward Casey's analysis of imagination to argue that the relationship between aesthetic experience and imagination is mutually beneficial. Finally, I apply this line of reasoning to the art of photography to give an example of the reciprocal relationship between imagination and aesthetic experience.
Gina Zavota, Ph.D. (Advisor)
Frank Ryan, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Linda Williams, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Navjotika Kumar, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
106 p.
Aesthetics; Philosophy
Art; aesthetics; imagination; philosophy; phenomenology; perception; photography; Immanuel Kant; Hegel; Martin Heidegger; Mikel Dufrenne; Maurice Merleau-Ponty; Edward Casey; Henri Cartier-Bresson; Peter Rea

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  • Ausperk, R. (2014). Phenomenology, Imagination, and Aesthetic Experience [Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1398270498

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Ausperk, Ryan. Phenomenology, Imagination, and Aesthetic Experience. 2014. Kent State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1398270498.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Ausperk, Ryan. "Phenomenology, Imagination, and Aesthetic Experience." Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1398270498

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