Research on the Structural Change of Aesthetic Theory from Social Sciences to Natural Sciences

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This paper analysis the aesthetic theory structure based on the knowledge framework of different disciplines, and there is a summary of the structural change of aesthetic theory. By far, there are different explanations on the aesthetics concept in the studies.
In social sciences, the aesthetics concept is greatly related to the philosophical thinking of some basic problems of aesthetics. The basic problems are explained with the basic principles of philosophy, and the phenomenon of aesthetic, the form of beauty and the method principle of beauty are discussed form the prospect of psychology. While in natural sciences, the concept is analyzed with aesthetic evolution, aesthetic experience and aesthetic principle from the prospect of biology or neuroscience. And the current aesthetical studies are most dependent on the principles of cognitive science. Under the background of such study background and theory development, there is a conclusive study of the aesthetic theory structure based on the knowledge framework of different disciplines.
The study purpose of this paper is to have an organization and conclusion of the aesthetic theory development for a more structured understanding of aesthetic concepts. The study method is the methods of literature investigation and theoretical analysis.
There is an analysis of the main historical figures related to aesthetic theory and works to sort and conclude the main features of relevant theories. This study scope is the aesthetics concept in different disciplines, structural change factor of the aesthetics development concept, so as to sort and analyze the theoretical basis of aesthetics in different disciplines. In this study, there is mainly organizing on the aesthetic theory in social science and natural science, and there is the conclusion of the aesthetics development in social science, natural science and the impact of cognitive science on aesthetics development in the future. Then, there is an analysis of the structural change in the aesthetic theory. There is a summary of the structure and features of aesthetic theory and the diversified development trend of theoretical structure. The following of aesthetics in different disciplinary theory structures are concluded, including study methods, study ranges, differences of study objects. Finally, the features of the aesthetic theory structure in social science, natural science, and cognitive science are concluded. This study can help people better understand the concept of aesthetic theory and provide a structural framework for aesthetic theory development.

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