Experientialism in aesthetics is the view that the artistic merit or the aesthetic value of something is determined by the final value of certain experiences of it. These are usually specified as experiences of it with understanding and appreciation. Until recently, experientialism was the dominant view. Not anymore. Experientialists are now subject to a barrage of objections, many of which they have not answered. Here I argue that all of these objections fail. I develop a new form of experientialism that is immune to them. It also has an independent rationale. It incorporates an account of the value of art appreciation that is plausible in its own right. And it endorses many of the core insights of anti-experientialists, especially concerning the final value of good art. Those of us unconvinced by experientialism need to take this form of it seriously. I conclude by identifying some genuine problems it faces. Even these aren't clearly insoluble.

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明智的经验主义？

美学中的经验主义认为，某物的艺术价值或审美价值是由它的某些经验的最终价值决定的。这些通常被指定为理解和欣赏的体验。直到最近，经验主义仍然是主流观点。不再。经验主义者现在受到了一系列的反对意见，其中许多他们还没有做出回应。在这里我认为所有这些反对意见都失败了。我开发了一种不受它们影响的新形式的体验主义。它也有独立的理由。它包含了对艺术欣赏价值的描述，其本身是合理的。它认可了反体验主义者的许多核心见解，尤其是关于优秀艺术的最终价值的观点。我们这些不相信经验主义的人需要认真对待这种形式。最后，我指出了它面临的一些真正问题。即使这些也不是明显无法解决的。