Appreciation of Disturbing Art: Arthur Schopenhauer’s Aesthetic Perception on the Appreciation of the Art and Transcendence

Authors

  • Rodrigo Emil M. Carreon Graduate Student of Philosophy, De La Salle University – Manila; Assistant Professor, Mapua University - Manila Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.70922/2zeymc88

Keywords:

Arthur Schopenhauer, Aesthetics, Beauty, Transcendence, Art

Abstract

The standard of pleasing art creates a notion that is axiological in the nature of the art itself. Given this claim Schopenhauer asserts that disturbing art does not provide relief for the spectator, therefore it may not be viewed as a temporary escape from life’s suffering. This opus claims otherwise using the very same principle of Arthur Schopenhauer on aesthetics and the Will to Life. The introduction provides the philosophical inquests of Arthur Schopenhauer that are associated with the metaphysical position of the very banal action of appreciation. This opens the threshold for a review of written positions on the variables that would ascertain this principle of the Will to Life, the material of disturbing art, and the framework of the transcendence argument. These are crucial to establish the argument that this paper asserts in accordance to the research questions provided in the introduction, which 
focuses primarily on the transcendental analysis of the value of a qualified disturbing art. Following this review, the methodological means and the framework of transcendence is given premium. Deriving these contents from the hermeneutical processes, the opus provides a graphic representation on employing the transcendental method through hermeneutical procedures. Thus, creates a framework for the apparent philosophical investigation. 
Given these, the explications and discussions allow a better view on justifying and qualifying disturbing art according to its metaphysical and phenomenological connection with the Being as a natural spectator. Thus, leads to a possible novel argument utilized under the principles of Arthur Schopenhauer.

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Author Biography

  • Rodrigo Emil M. Carreon, Graduate Student of Philosophy, De La Salle University – Manila; Assistant Professor, Mapua University - Manila

    Rodrigo Emil Carreon is currently a full time faculty member at Mapua University’s Department of Liberal Arts as Assistant Professor of Philosophy. He is sometimes invited as a panelist or research adviser for undergraduate students  of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences of Colegio de San Juan de Letran. Asst. Prof. Carreon graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Colegio de San Juan de Letran in 2022, the same year he was awarded the Manuel Quezon award for Leadership. He is currently taking his graduate studies under the Ladderized Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy Program at the De La Salle University. He completed the component master’s degree of the said program, Master in Teaching Philosophy in December of 2023. In between the years 2014 to 2017, he entered the Immaculate Conception Major Seminary in Guiguinto, Bulacan and earned units in Philosophy, in his stint as a seminarian, he earned a Certificate of Completion for Propaedeutic Studies and Preparatory Ecclesiastical Studies. His socio-civic experiences include various voluntary posts at the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting since 2013 until the present. Recently, he had his professional membership at the Philosophical Association of the Philippines and the Oxford Philosophical Society of the Oxford University Department of Continuing Education.

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Published

2025-03-14

How to Cite

Carreon, . R. E. . (2025). Appreciation of Disturbing Art: Arthur Schopenhauer’s Aesthetic Perception on the Appreciation of the Art and Transcendence. Mabini Review, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.70922/2zeymc88