" Aesthetics is the branch of philosophy that deals with analyzing the concepts and solve problems that arise when contemplating aesthetic objects. Aesthetic objects, in turn, are all objects of aesthetic experience, hence, only after sufficiently characterized the aesthetic experience, we are able to define the class of aesthetic objects. Although there are those who deny the existence of any specific aesthetic experiences, does not deny, however, the possibility of forming aesthetic judgments or giving reasons that support such lawsuits, the term "aesthetic object" would include, therefore, those objects around which issued such trials and there are such reasons.
Aesthetics are typically formulated in the philosophical questions "What do you mean? and "How do you know? "within the field of aesthetics, like philosophy of science raises the same issues in science. Thus, the concepts of aesthetic value or aesthetic experience, as well as the whole range of specific concepts of the philosophy of art, are examined in the discipline known as aesthetics, and questions like "What is what make beautiful things? "or" What is the relationship between art and nature? "-and any other specific questions of philosophy of art-are aesthetic issues.
The philosophy of art covers a narrower field that aesthetics, because it only deals with the concepts and issues that arise in connection with works of art, excluding, for example, the aesthetic experience of nature. However, most of the aesthetic issues raised interest and perplexity at all times specifically related to art: "What is art? Is there truth in art? What is an artistic symbol? What do you mean works of art? Is there a general definition of art? What makes a work of art good? "Although these issues are typical of aesthetics, have their place in art, and not arise in connection with aesthetic objects other than works of art.
philosophy of art should be carefully distinguished from art criticism, which deals with the analysis and critical appraisal of these works of art, as something opposed to the clarification of the concepts involved in those critical judgments, that the mission of the esthetics. Art criticism is specifically designed works of art or art classes (for example, belong to the same style or genre), and its purpose is to foster appreciation of them and facilitate a better understanding of them. The critic's task presupposes the existence of aesthetics because, in the discussion or evaluation of artistic works, the critic uses the concepts discussed and clarified by the philosopher of art. The critic, for example, says that a particular work of art is expressive and beautiful, the philosopher of art tries to analyze what you mean when you say that this work of art possesses these characteristics and, equally, if such claims are defensible, and how . Speaking and writing about art, the critic assumes the clarification of terms used, as is proposed by the philosopher of art, and consequently, what one critic writes not aware of this sin is exposed to a lack of clarity. If a critic described as expressive a work of art without having clear ideas of what that means, the result is a conceptual confusion .
MC Beardsley and J. Hospers, "Fundamentals of Esthetics " , Cátedra, Madrid, 1976.
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