Aesthetic feeling as an experience of comprehension of meaningful integrity (philosophical and anthropological aspects)

This study aims to identify the philosophical and anthropological aspects of the forms and nature of the interaction between aesthetic experiences obtained in real or imaginary life experience and the formation of the semantic integrity of the individual. To achieve this aim, the concept of the “aesthetic” proposed by the outstanding Russian philosopher A. F. Losev was taken as a theoretical premise. The works of domestic authors, which provide an analysis of the category of “aesthetic”, were also analyzed. Based on this methodological premise, a textual analysis of the diary entries of the famous Russian traveler F. F. Konyukhov, which he made during his solo circumnavigation, was carried out. Along with this, a figurative and semantic examination of the film “Himalaya, Where the Wind Dwells (Himalayaeui sonyowa)” (2008) by the South Korean film director Jeon Soo-il and the film “Wild” by the director Jean-Marc Vallée (USA, 2014) is presented. These films also raise the problem of correlating aesthetic experiences and the semantic integrity of the subject. The novelty of this study lies in the fact that the consideration of aesthetic experiences in connection with the formation of the semantic integrity of the subject’s self-consciousness is given on the basis of real or imaginary experience, which allows us to connect theoretical points with real life situations. As a result of the analysis, it was revealed that aesthetic feelings of a certain type, which are given in experience, serve as one of the significant factors in the formation of the semantic integrity of the subject.