Evening of April 10, 2021，Professor, School of Philosophy, Nankai University、Director of the Aesthetics Teaching and Research Section，Professor Xue Fuxing, deputy director of the Aesthetics and Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Research Center of Nankai University, visited the Literary Aesthetics Research Center of Shandong University，Bringing an online academic lecture titled "The Significance of Scientific Cognitivism Theory" to teachers and students of the Center。The lecture was hosted by Professor Cheng Xiangzhan, Deputy Director of the Center for Literary and Aesthetic Studies，Some graduate students from the center and the School of Liberal Arts are listening online。
Before the lecture，Professor Cheng Xiangzhan briefly introduced Professor Xue Fuxing’s academic background，Fully affirmed its research results，and expressed a warm welcome。
Subsequently，The lecture is divided into three parts from shallower to deeper。Part 1，Xue Fuxing briefly introduced the basic content of scientific cognitivism theory and reflected on the theory。Carlsson’s scientific bet365 online sports betting mobilecognitivism theory includes two core elements: one is the principle of objectivity at the metaphysical level；The second is natural science knowledge methods at the metaphysical level。On this basis，Xue Fuxing also reflected on the theory of scientific cognitivism from the following aspects: First，He questioned the identity of scientific cognitivism theory as an environmental aesthetics theory。There are three reasons for questioning: First, its academic source is not environmental aesthetics；The second is that it leaves the context of environmental aesthetics，The theory still has explanatory power；Third, this theory does not touch upon the fundamentals of environmental aesthetics，The awareness of environmental aesthetics has not been realized。Secondly，He questioned the originality of scientific cognitivist theory，The reason is as early as Leopold’s “Earth Aesthetics”，has begun to emphasize the important role of scientific knowledge in the aesthetic appreciation of nature。Last，He questioned the soundness of scientific cognitivism theory，There are two reasons: First, the theory does not clearly define the issue of "the degree of correlation between scientific knowledge and natural aesthetic appreciation"；Second, the theory does not effectively solve the problem of "how to transform scientific bet365 best casino gamescognition into aesthetic experience"。
Part 2，Xue Fuxing systematically summarized his expansion of Carlson’s theory of scientific cognitivism。One，For “Appreciating what’s in the natural world aesthetically”？"This basic question，Xue Fuxing constructed the "physical phase"、Physical properties、physical merit、The "natural aesthetic characteristic system" composed of the four elements of "physical history"；Part 2，For “How to Aesthetically Appreciate the Natural World？”This is another basic question，Xue Fuxing proposed "observation of things"、Gewu、Three kinds of "objects" work together、An indispensable natural aesthetic method；Third，Beyond Carlson’s “Epistemological Objectivity”，Xue Fuxing added another "objectivity of ethics" ，Building aesthetic appreciation of nature on recognition、On the basis of respecting the characteristics and intrinsic value of natural objects；Fourth，Xue Fuxing divides "nature" into "object nature"、"Natural environment"、Three levels of "whole nature"，Distinguish between "natural aesthetics"、“Environmental Aesthetics” and “Environmental Philosophy”。In other words，With "diversity"、"organic"、The "holism" stance with "interdependence" as its core is what distinguishes environmental aesthetics bet365 live casino gamesfrom traditional natural aesthetics；Last，Looking back at Chinese aesthetics，Xue Fuxing pointed out that Chinese classical natural aesthetics has always been in a spontaneous state，To achieve self-consciousness，We must construct a rational natural aesthetic criticism discourse system just like classical art aesthetics。
Part 3，On the basis of reflection and expansion，Xue Fuxing discussed the significance of scientific cognitivism theory from three aspects。First，For natural aesthetics，Xue Fuxing believes that the theory of scientific cognitivism frees natural aesthetics from the shackles of art philosophy，Realized independence、consciousness；Secondly，For environmental aesthetics，Xue Fuxing believes that although the scientific cognitivism theory is not a mature one、Powerful environmental aesthetic theory，But its core essence - the principle of objectivity and the means of natural science knowledge - is not only valid for environmental aesthetics，It is also an important guarantee for achieving independence and self-consciousness。Last，For the history of Chinese aesthetics，Xue Fuxing believes that the theory of scientific cognitivism not only makes us aware of the shortcomings of ancient Chinese natural aesthetic tradition-subjectivism and anthropocentrism，And help us open up a new realm of contemporary natural aesthetics and environmental aesthetics - an objective stance、Natural knowledge and bet365 games best slotsenvironmental virtue are the three necessary conditions for appropriate contemporary natural aesthetics。
Last，In the interactive session，Facing questions from teachers and classmates，Professor Xue Fuxing gave patient and detailed answers one by one。He confessed，As a researcher in the humanities，Although we are well aware that scientific cognition plays an important role in the aesthetic appreciation of nature，However, in the actual process of natural aesthetic appreciation, it is still impossible to achieve an effective combination of the two。This regret also resonated with Professor Cheng Xiangzhan，He pointed out that "how to theoretically reveal the transformation mechanism between the two" is a topic that we need to seriously consider in the future。To this point，In everyone’s thanks，This lecture came to a successful conclusion。
