Sentimentalist aesthetic theories, broadly construed, posit that emotions play a fundamental role in aesthetic experiences. Jesse Prinz has recently proposed a reductionistic version of sentimentalist aesthetics, suggesting that it is the discrete feeling of wonder that makes an experience aesthetic. In this contribution, we draw on Prinz’s proposal in order to outline a novel version of a sentimentalist theory. Contrasting Prinz’s focus on a single emotion, we argue that an aesthetic experience is rudimentarily composed of a plurality of emotions. We acknowledge and discuss significant problems that follow from such a theory, arguing that a pluralist version of sentimentalism is nonetheless the soundest position within sentimentalist aesthetics.

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感受美学：审美经验的多元情感理论

从广义上讲，情感主义美学理论认为，情感在美学体验中起着根本性的作用。杰西·普林兹（Jesse Prinz）最近提出了感性主义美学的简化派版本，暗示正是一种离散的奇妙感觉才使体验美学。在此贡献中，我们借鉴了Prinz的建议，以概述感悟主义理论的新颖形式。与Prinz对单一情感的关注相反，我们认为审美体验基本是由多种情感组成的。我们承认并讨论了这种理论所产生的重大问题，认为情感主义的多元主义仍然是情感主义美学中最稳固的立场。