Wittgenstein’s private language argument claims that language and meaning generally are public. It also contends with our appreciation of artworks and reveals the deep connection in our minds between originality and the temptation to think of original meaning as private. This problematic connection of ideas is found in Kant’s theory of fine art. For Kant conceives of the capacity of artistic genius for imaginatively envisioning original content as prior to and independent of finding the artistic means of communicating this content to others. This raises the question of whether we can conceive of art as both original and meaningful without succumbing to privacy.

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康德论美术、天才和私人意义的威胁

维特根斯坦的私人语言论证声称语言和意义通常是公开的。它还与我们对艺术作品的欣赏相抗衡，并揭示了我们脑海中的原创性与将原始意义视为私人的诱惑之间的深层联系。在康德的美术理论中发现了这种有问题的观念联系。对于康德来说，艺术天才有能力想象原创内容，先于并独立于找到将这些内容传达给他人的艺术手段。这就提出了一个问题，即我们是否可以在不屈服于隐私的情况下将艺术视为既原创又有意义。