Meskin, AR, Robson, J, Ichino, A et al. (2 more authors) (2018) Philosophical Aesthetics and Cognitive Science. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science, 9 (1). 1445. ISSN 1939-5078
Abstract
Philosophical aesthetics is the branch of philosophy which explores issues having to do with art, beauty, and related phenomena. Philosophers have often been skeptical about the place of empirical investigation in aesthetics. However, in recent years many philosophical aestheticians have turned to cognitive science to enrich their understanding of their subject matter. Cognitive scientists have, in turn, been inspired by work in philosophical aesthetics. This essay focuses on a representative subset of the areas in which there has been fruitful dialogue between philosophical aestheticians and cognitive scientists. We start with some general topics in philosophical aesthetics—the definition of art and the epistemic status of aesthetic judgments. We then move on to discussing research concerning the roles that imagination and perception play in our aesthetic engagement. We conclude with a discussion of the emerging field of experimental philosophical aesthetics.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 2017, Wiley. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Meskin, AR, Robson, J, Ichino, A et al. (2 more authors) (2017) Philosophical Aesthetics and Cognitive Science. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science , which has been published in final form at https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/wcs.1445. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving. |
Keywords: | aesthetics, cognitive science |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science (Leeds) > School of Philosophy (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 09 May 2017 09:56 |
Last Modified: | 22 Jun 2018 00:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1002/wcs.1445 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:116094 |