Le statut de l’esthétique et/ou de l’art dans la philosophie analytique

ABSTRACT : As a philosophy of signification and meaning, based on the logical analysis of language as amethodological paradigm, stemming from modern logic, from which its themes are approached, analyticalphilosophy has also been interested in the definition or the essenceofart, a concern for aesthetic research. Thisreflection aims to show that aesthetics, anchored in the history of so-called continental philosophy and backedby metaphysics, was first marginalized in the beginnings of analytical philosophy, including one of the projectsnurtured by its founders, was the elimination of metaphysical considerations in the language of throught, and itwas subsequently reconsidered in the philosophy of the second wittgenstein. It is from this aesthetic philosophyand/or wittgenstein art that one can locate the starting point of aesthetics and/or analytical art and betterunderstand its specificity. Examining this reflection on aesthétic/analytical art in wittgenstein’s views revealsthe affirmation of a cultural and societal anchoring of artistic production, which appears to be justice done toAfrican art.

KEYWORDS : Art, African art, Aesthetics, Analytical philosophy, Metaphysics