From Concept To Life

Most people's first impression of Lu.Weittgenstein is likely to be: he is a synonym for nominalism, in aesthetics he is a deconstructist. It is a prejudice, for no matter to philosophy or aesthetics, Weittgenstein's function is not only destructive but also constructive, he had never considered himself as the ender of philosophy's and aesthetics'. What he should do is to persuade people changing thinking approach and reconsidering problems with another aspect.This thesis tries to grasp Weittgenstein's thought from the general angle, but not from some words about aesthetics that he says, from his philosophy thought, not only from the direct effect of his study, but also from his influence to the whole modern Western aesthetics. The author of this thesis found that while Weittgenstein claiming the old essentialism of aesthetic study in crisis, he offered a new aesthetic study method full of vitality ,using the concept of "life" and "context"!Taking Weittgenstein as boundary tablet, western aesthetics making a obvious reform: 1) aesthetics no longer considered " the idea of beauty "and "the essence of arts "as its basic topic, but turned to the study towards the practical appreciation of life and the phenomena of arts; 2) aesthetics no longer held the isolated beauty noumena of arts, but began to pay attention to the survival circumstances and life style, and pay attention to the possibility of aesthetics joining man's practical life; and 3) aesthetics began to change from systems to branches, becoming groups of subjects with extensive objects and indistinct boundary. Through this reform, aesthetics swifted its topic, refreshed its image, and regained its vitality. Of course, Western aesthetics switch isn't caused by Weittgenstein's own power, but from the internal spirit, it is in accordance with Weittgenstein. The further study towards Weittgenstein's thought of philosophy and aesthetics can help us to grasp the developing direction of the modem western aesthetics.The paper includes two parts, In the first part, "Weittgenstein as a deconstructist" using his method of language analysis, and tries to make comments on the development of aesthetic history, The Second part "Weittgenstein as constructor" through the analysis towards the concepts of "Language game" and "form of life" of his later period, tries to excavate the constructing factors in Weittgenstein's thought, discovering its great significance to the transferring of modern aesthetics.