On the"Appropriateness"of Aesthetic Appreciation of Nature
It has been generally held that the concept of"appropriateness"in natural aesthetics was put forward by Allen Carlson,but it was not so.When R.Smith first used the concept to contrast the appreciation of art against that of nature.It was later employed by Carlson to evaluate different bases of nature appreciation,thus starting the dogmatization of"appropriateness".With the spread of dogmatism to the field of aesthetic judgment and aesthetic practice,more theoretical confusion ensued.The root cause lies in"semantic dislocation"and"cognitive determinism".By disclosing the origin and subsequent inward turning of the concept of"appropriateness",the authors restore its primary role as a means to compare different modes of appreciation,enabling future researchers to more accurately apply it to their study of"aesthetic basis","aesthetic judgment"and"aesthetic practice".Salvaging the concept of"appropriateness"from dogmatism will enable the transformation from a unidirectional determinist model to a more plural and interactive model in natural aesthetics.
AppropriatenessInward TurningDogmatismCognitive DeterminismPlural and Interactive Model
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