Vorschule der Aesthetik [Paperback]

Published 18978, this two-volume second edition of the 1876 German original advocates the experimental study of 'aesthetics from below'.The German philosopher and psychologist Gustav Theodor Fechner (180187) pioneered the field of psychophysics. This two-volume second edition of his 1876 work on aesthetics was published in 18978. Fechner identifies here new methods, and advocates the experimental and inductive study of 'aesthetics from below'.The German philosopher and psychologist Gustav Theodor Fechner (180187) pioneered the field of psychophysics. This two-volume second edition of his 1876 work on aesthetics was published in 18978. Fechner identifies here new methods, and advocates the experimental and inductive study of 'aesthetics from below'.Although Gustav Theodor Fechner (180187) had studied medicine at the University of Leipzig, he never practised as a doctor. In the 1820s he published satirical evaluations of the medical science of the day under the pseudonym 'Dr Mises' and supplemented his income by translating chemistry and physics texts. Increasingly he focused his studies on mathematics and physics, and the physical and physiological became recurrent themes in his work. With the publication of his Elemente der Psychophysik (1860), Fechner not only established the foundations of psychophysics as a field of research, but also pioneered much experimental psychology. This two-volume second edition of his 1876 work on the principles of aesthetics was published in 18978. In Volume 1, Fechner identifies new experimental methods while advocating the inductive study of 'aesthetics from below'.Vorwort; 1. Der Aesthetik von Oben und Unten; 2. Vorbegriffe; 3. Aesthetische Gesetze oder Principe in allgemeinen; 4. Princip der ?sthetischen Schwelle; 5. Princip der ?sthetischen H?lfe oder Steigerung; 6. Princip der einheitlichen Verkn?pfung des Mannichfaltigen; 7. Princip der Widerspruchslosigkeit, Einstimmigkeit oder Wahrheit; 8. Princip der Klarheit; 9. Aesthlƒ?