从17世纪中后期开始一直到整个现代美学的发展历程,“趣味”(taste)问题一直是美学家们争论的焦点之一。本文试图从休谟的《论趣味的标准》(Of the Standard of Taste,1757)一文入手,分析休谟的美学思想与传统的经验主义美学之间的渊源和异同,以及休谟如何借助“趣味标准”这一理论对 From the late seventeenth century until the development of modern aesthetics, the issue of “taste” has always been the focus of debate among the estheticians. This paper attempts to start with Hume’s article “Of the Standard of Taste” (1757), analyzing the origins and differences between Hume’s aesthetic thoughts and the traditional empiricist aesthetics, and how Hume uses the “standard of taste ”This theory is right