In this concluding chapter, I highlight the relevance of Lipps’s thought for current research, focusing on three domains: affective science, social cognition, and the three cognate fields of psychological aesthetics, experimental aesthetics, and neuroaesthetics. Regarding the first domain, I recall that although Lipps was a major exponent of affective science, his contributions in that field are today almost completely forgotten. I insist on the significance of his views for the current philosophy of emotions and affective epistemology. As for Lipps and contemporary research in social cognition, I show that despite the recent “rediscovery” his theory of empathy, Lipps remains misunderstood—and therefore a limited source of inspiration—in modern empathology. I demonstrate the importance of his ideas in light of current empathological debates, while stressing the need to revisit his conception of empathy for social cognition studies. Finally, I discuss the significance of Lipps’s psychological aesthetics in the context of modern aesthetic research, especially that of the new aesthetics of empathy. In addition to discussing the reception of his ideas, I insist on their significance in light of the renewed interest in empathy in visual aesthetics and the aesthetics of language, and of the emerging field of contemplative neuroaesthetics.

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By Way of Conclusion: The Significance of Lipps’s Thought for Current Philosophy and Science

  • David Romand

摘要

In this concluding chapter, I highlight the relevance of Lipps’s thought for current research, focusing on three domains: affective science, social cognition, and the three cognate fields of psychological aesthetics, experimental aesthetics, and neuroaesthetics. Regarding the first domain, I recall that although Lipps was a major exponent of affective science, his contributions in that field are today almost completely forgotten. I insist on the significance of his views for the current philosophy of emotions and affective epistemology. As for Lipps and contemporary research in social cognition, I show that despite the recent “rediscovery” his theory of empathy, Lipps remains misunderstood—and therefore a limited source of inspiration—in modern empathology. I demonstrate the importance of his ideas in light of current empathological debates, while stressing the need to revisit his conception of empathy for social cognition studies. Finally, I discuss the significance of Lipps’s psychological aesthetics in the context of modern aesthetic research, especially that of the new aesthetics of empathy. In addition to discussing the reception of his ideas, I insist on their significance in light of the renewed interest in empathy in visual aesthetics and the aesthetics of language, and of the emerging field of contemplative neuroaesthetics.