On the Absence of Sentiments in Music and Peircean Phenomenology
作者：Wang Junhua 来源：forum of semiotics 浏览量：7182 2015-04-06 09:35:59
On the Absence of Sentiments in Musicand Peircean Phenomenology
Wang Junhua
Abstract:On the Absence of Sentiments in Music (Sheng Wu Ai Le Lun) by Ji Kang is one of the masterpieces of Chinese aesthetics. Although many scholars have interpreted it, its aesthetic and philosophical connotations are still far from being revealed. This paper uses C. S. Peirce’s approach to phenomenology and semiotics to uncover the categories of Firstness, Secondness and Thirdness implied in this masterpiece, and the role of signs in aesthetic feelings. The aim is to demonstrate Ji Kang’s contribution to Chinese and Western aesthetics and philosophy.
Keywords: Ji Kang, C. S. Peirce, On the Absence of Sentiments in Music,phenomenology, semiotics, aesthetics
