美学理论不仅要研究审美现象及其规律,也要研究美学自身的特性和规律。这个问题现在显得越来越重要了。迄今为止,美学理论只局限于对审美现象的研究,却忽视了对美学体系与方法论的研究,所以,美学始终难以取得实质性的突破。现代科学理论,要求以方法论为导向,以把握自身的特性与规律为基础,以体系结构的科学性为目的, Aesthetic theory should not only study aesthetic phenomena and its laws, but also study its own characteristics and laws. This question is now more and more important. So far, the aesthetic theory has been confined to the study of aesthetic phenomena, but has neglected the study of the aesthetic system and methodology. Therefore, it is very difficult for aesthetics to make substantive breakthroughs. Modern scientific theory calls for a methodology-oriented approach to grasp its own characteristics and laws as the basis for the purpose of scientific structure,