关键词: 审美经验, 困局, 艺术界定, 艺术经验

Abstract: The concept of "aesthetic experience" has fallen into a serious predicament since the late 20^th century, especially in Anglo-American philosophy. Sometimes this concept is put in the core position in aesthetics and art theories, while other time even its existence is questioned, only being taken as phantom or myth; According to some philosophers, this concept is commendatory and represents only those affective experiences, while in other philosophers' eyes, this concept is purely descriptive and can also contain those experiences without any affects or emotions. Underlying this predicament is the wrong binding of aesthetic experience with the definition of art, and the blurred distinction between aesthetic and artistic experiences. So, the best way to extricate the concept from the predicament is to break down the wrong binding, clarify the distinction, and liberate the concepts of aesthetic experience and art from each other.

Key words: aesthetic experience, predicament, definition of art, artistic experience