META-AESTHETIC SCEPTICISM. THE PROBLEM OF THE METHOD IN THE AESTHETICS OF SRETEN PETROVIĆ

Abstract

The essay explores the problem of method in the aesthetics of the modern Serbian philosopher Sreten Petrović. The basic methodological problem of contemporary aesthetics lies in the question: whether the aesthetics philosophical or scientific discipline? The intention of the essay is that to show that Petrović methodological concept of meta-aesthetic skepticism can be seen as overcoming the distinction between scientific and philosophical approaches in the field of aesthetics.