Abstract This article focuses on the conceptual relationship between awe and the experience of the sublime. I argue that the experience of the sublime is best conceived as a species of awe, namely, as aesthetic awe. I support this conclusion by considering the prominent conceptual relations between awe and the experience of the sublime, showing that all of the options except the proposed one suffer from serious shortcomings. In maintaining that the experience of the sublime is best conceived as aesthetic awe, I draw from historical theories of the sublime as well as recent work in empirical psychology.

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为什么崇高是审美敬畏

摘要 本文关注敬畏与崇高体验之间的概念关系。我认为，崇高的体验最好被理解为一种敬畏，即审美敬畏。我通过考虑敬畏与崇高体验之间突出的概念关系来支持这一结论，表明除了所提出的选项之外的所有选项都存在严重的缺陷。在坚持认为崇高的体验最好被视为审美敬畏时，我借鉴了崇高的历史理论以及经验心理学的最新工作。