Abstract
Noel Carroll's multidisciplinary research on philosophy of film, aesthetics and philosophy of art combines philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, ethics, cognitive science and biology, revealing the new trend of analytical aesthetics and philosophy of art in the late twentieth century. Carroll adopts an eclectic strategy in his middle-level approach to the philosophy of art. His method of historical narrative incorporates historical and narrative dimensions, complementing the history-intention theory and the institutional theory of art. He examines the traditional concept of mass art from a neutral position, attempting to construct the philosophy of mass art. He also relies on the latest results of psychology, philosophy of mind and cognitive science to develop the concept of emotional cognitivism, claiming rationality as an organic part of emotion. The construction of Carroll's art theories such as the definition, the ontology and the emotion of art appear as a middle-level approach, which is between the construction of grand theory and the critical practice of specific works, advocating a plural theory and behavior of theoretical analysis.
Keywords
Noel Carroll, middle-level research, historical narrative theory, the philosophy of mass art, emotional cognitivism
First Page
91
Last Page
100
Recommended Citation
Gong, Youxiang. 2025. "Narrative, Type and Emotion: Middle-level Approach in Noel Carroll's Philosophy of Art." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 45, (2): pp.91-100. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol45/iss2/9
