ABSTRACT.
Aesthetics is a branch of philosophy, which usually corresponds, generally, to the study of sensibility and the arts. Dufrenne is considered one of the most distinguished researchers on the relationship among art, aesthetics and phenomenology. This study aims to comprehend how the aesthetic perception is constituted in the third part of the work Phénoménologie de l’expérience esthétique, by Dufrenne, which discusses the phenomenology of the aesthetic perception. It also aims to understand the possible repercussions of such a constitution for human psychic lives. This work was read with a focus on the distinct categories which, for the author, compose aesthetic perception (presence, representation and feeling), and their main characteristics were established. It can be noted that the aesthetic perception, unlike common perception, propitiates qualities that provide new senses and atmospheres, new ways to see, think or feel, beyond what is constituted. Thus, it allows for the configuration of genuine innovations and new ways to be in the world.
Keywords:
Aesthetics; perception; psychology