Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Instituto de Filosofia da NOVA
Abstract
UIDB/00183/2020 UIDP/00183/2020 DL 57/2016/CP1453/CT0098 PTDC/FER-FIL/32042/2017The 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.publishersversionpublishe
