Liao, S, Strohminger, N and Sripada, CS (2014) Empirically investigating imaginative resistance. British Journal of Aesthetics, 54 (3). pp. 339-355. ISSN 0007-0904
Abstract
Imaginative resistance refers to a phenomenon in which people resist engaging in particular prompted imaginative activities. Philosophers have primarily theorized about this phenomenon from the armchair. In this article, we demonstrate the utility of empirical methods for investigating imaginative resistance. We present two studies that help to establish the psychological reality of imaginative resistance and help to uncover one factor that is significant for explaining this phenomenon but low in psychological salience: genre. Furthermore, our studies have the methodological upshot of showing how empirical tools can complement the predominant armchair approach to philosophical aesthetics.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © British Society of Aesthetics 2014. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Society of Aesthetics. All rights reserved. This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in British Journal of Aesthetics following peer review. The version of record Liao, S, Strohminger, N and Sripada, CS (2014) Empirically investigating imaginative resistance. British Journal of Aesthetics, 54 (3). 339 - 355 is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aesthj/ayu027 |
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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 Oct 2015 13:16 |
Last Modified: | 20 Apr 2018 14:15 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aesthj/ayu027 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Oxford Journals |
Identification Number: | 10.1093/aesthj/ayu027 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:87807 |