This article demonstrates the relevance of Kant to the interpretation of contemporary art. The defining properties of contemporary art are the impossibility of definition in material, formal or stylistic terms, and the central role that concepts play in the interpretation of a work. Danto and Osborne suggest how concepts might be applied but they do not develop their proposals. Kant’s theory of judgement can provide a fuller account on the basis of the notions of purposiveness and play. The way in which these notions explain the application of concepts to the world, I argue, provides a model of how concepts can be combined to form an interpretation of a work of contemporary art. A detailed example is given.

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用康德评判当代艺术

本文论证了康德对当代艺术阐释的相关性。当代艺术的定义属性是不可能在材料、形式或风格方面进行定义，以及概念在解释作品中所起的核心作用。Danto 和 Osborne 提出了如何应用概念，但他们没有提出他们的建议。康德的判断理论可以在目的性和游戏概念的基础上提供更全面的说明。我认为，这些概念解释概念在世界上的应用的方式，提供了一个模型，说明如何将概念结合起来，形成对当代艺术作品的解释。给出了一个详细的例子。