Introduction to Pragmatist Legacies in Aesthetics

This paper aims to map and highlight the diverse heritage of Pragmatism in aesthetics. It argues that pragmatist aesthetics represents an interesting third way doing beyond analytic philosophy art continental offers a first, provisional sketch existing research trends aesthetics, such as somaesthetics, environmental everyday social Furthermore, it identifies some “family resemblances” connecting most “relatives” field aesthetics: idea (1) is broader than traditional art, (2) criticism view constituting independent realm or autonomous system, (3) thesis basic continuity between artistic practices experience “in raw,” (4) adoption naturalistic yet non-reductive stance, (5) broadly socio-political inspiration.