An Attempt at Elucidating a Philosophical Topic: Aesthetic experience of or in the city

Nuno  Fonseca

An Attempt at Elucidating a Philosophical Topic: Aesthetic experience of or in the city

Nuno Fonseca

Instituto de Filosofia da NOVA (IFILNOVA)

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Abstract

The notion of aesthetic experience attempts to account for an important part of human experience and, although it embraces an immense and multifaceted variety, the complexity and vagueness of which have been an authentic challenge to its definition (to the point that some suggest its conceptual uselessness), it is still crucial and decisive for an entire philosophical discipline: aesthetics – which is not to be confused with the philosophy of art, although it often intersects with it. This chapter considers the case of the city – which is not so much an object as a
multifaceted and fragmented environment where aesthetic experiences can
occur – in order to attempt to elucidate (or at least to make a contribution
to the elucidation of) the meaning and scope of this philosophical topic.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Conceptual Figures of Fragmentation and Reconfiguration
Editors	Nélio Conceição, Gianfranco Ferraro, Nuno Fonseca, Alexandra Dias Fortes, Maria Filomena Molder
Place of Publication	Lisboa
Publisher	Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Instituto de Filosofia da NOVA
Pages	239-259
Number of pages	21
ISBN (Electronic)	978-989-97073-6-8
Publication status	Published - 2021

Keywords

Aesthetic Experience
Experience of/in the City
Trivial Experience
Vagueness
Fragmentation

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Fonseca, N. (2021). An Attempt at Elucidating a Philosophical Topic: Aesthetic experience of or in the city. In N. Conceição, G. Ferraro, N. Fonseca, A. Dias Fortes, & M. F. Molder (Eds.), Conceptual Figures of Fragmentation and Reconfiguration (pp. 239-259). Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Instituto de Filosofia da NOVA. https://ifilnova.pt/bibliototeca-digital/conceptual-figures-of-fragmentation-and-reconfiguration/

Fonseca, Nuno . / An Attempt at Elucidating a Philosophical Topic : Aesthetic experience of or in the city. Conceptual Figures of Fragmentation and Reconfiguration. editor / Nélio Conceição ; Gianfranco Ferraro ; Nuno Fonseca ; Alexandra Dias Fortes ; Maria Filomena Molder. Lisboa : Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Instituto de Filosofia da NOVA, 2021. pp. 239-259

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Fonseca, N 2021, An Attempt at Elucidating a Philosophical Topic: Aesthetic experience of or in the city. in N Conceição, G Ferraro, N Fonseca, A Dias Fortes & MF Molder (eds), Conceptual Figures of Fragmentation and Reconfiguration. Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Instituto de Filosofia da NOVA, Lisboa, pp. 239-259. <https://ifilnova.pt/bibliototeca-digital/conceptual-figures-of-fragmentation-and-reconfiguration/>

An Attempt at Elucidating a Philosophical Topic: Aesthetic experience of or in the city. / Fonseca, Nuno .
Conceptual Figures of Fragmentation and Reconfiguration. ed. / Nélio Conceição; Gianfranco Ferraro; Nuno Fonseca; Alexandra Dias Fortes; Maria Filomena Molder. Lisboa: Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Instituto de Filosofia da NOVA, 2021. p. 239-259.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

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An Attempt at Elucidating a Philosophical Topic: Aesthetic experience of or in the city

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