总的说来,与存在主义和现象学派主要哲学家有关的美学,在美国极少有人知道。这是一个真正的损失,而且不仅从哲学专业角度来说是如此。自从三十年代初期以来,用英语写的艺术哲学简直没有。从艺术家(以及作家)、批评家、历史家和人民的广义活动领域和兴趣来考虑,美学是需要哲学,需要梅劳—庞蒂所说的“批判性思考”的。我们的美学往往既狭隘又混乱。同样,我们如果对于人怀有哲学 In general, aesthetics associated with existentialist and phenomenological major philosophers is rarely known in the United States. This is a real loss, and not only from a philosophical professional point of view. Since the early 1930s, there has been no art philosophy written in English. Considering the broad areas of activity and interests of artists (and writers), critics, historians, and people, aesthetics requires philosophy and requires what Mellaus-Ponty calls “critical thinking.” Our aesthetics is often narrow and chaotic. Likewise, if we have philosophy for people