The Aesthetic Intelligibility of Artefacts: Schelling’s Concept of Art in the System of Transcendental Idealism

The article reassesses Schelling’s philosophy of art in the System of Transcendental Idealism, focusing on its practical philosophy and the concept of the artefact. Often unexplored, this perspective offers a new account of Schelling’s early aesthetics, linking aesthetic experience to historical bec...

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Published inEstetika (Praha) Vol. 61; no. 2; pp. 158 - 175
Main Author Croci, Giacomo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Helsinki University Press 01.01.2024
Subjects
aesthetic obstinacy
Aesthetics
German Idealism
History of Philosophy
intentional action
practical philosophy
schelling
practical philosophy
German idealism
aesthetic obstinacy
intentional action
Schelling
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Summary:The article reassesses Schelling’s philosophy of art in the System of Transcendental Idealism, focusing on its practical philosophy and the concept of the artefact. Often unexplored, this perspective offers a new account of Schelling’s early aesthetics, linking aesthetic experience to historical becoming. The discussion begins with an analysis of Schelling’s theory of intentional action, followed by a reconstruction of his understanding of artefact. It argues that Schelling integrates both social and material dimensions into his concept of artefacts. The paper then examines Schelling’s comparison between artefacts in general and works of art, asserting that aesthetic experience in the context of the System exemplifies ‘hermeneutic obstinacy’. This characteristic, typical of works of art, correlates with the open nature of historical reality.
ISSN:0014-1291
2571-0915
DOI:10.33134/eeja.396