Philosophical Aesthetics and the Sciences of Art (Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements, Series Number 75) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1107654580 ISBN 13: 9781107654587

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2015

Synopsis

Musical listening, looking at paintings and literary creation are activities that involve perceptual and cognitive activity and so are of interest to psychologists and other scientists of the mind. What sorts of interest should philosophers of the arts take in scientific approaches to such issues? Opinion currently ranges across a spectrum, with 'take no notice' at one end and 'abandon traditional philosophical methods' at the other. This collection of essays, originating in a Royal Institute of Philosophy conference at the Leeds Art Gallery in 2012, represents many of the most interesting positions along that spectrum. Contributions address issues concerning aesthetic testimony, the processing and appreciation of poetry, the aesthetics of disgust, imagination, genre, evolutionary constraints on art appreciation, creativity, musical cognition and the limitations or productiveness of empirical enquiry for philosophical aesthetics.

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Book Description

This collection of essays, originating in a conference at the Leeds Art Gallery in 2012, reviews the role of empirical enquiry in philosophical aesthetics. Contributions address aesthetic testimony, the processing and appreciation of poetry, creativity, musical cognition, the aesthetics of disgust and evolutionary constraints on art appreciation.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1107654580
• ISBN 13: 9781107654587
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272
• Editor: Currie Gregory, Kieran Matthew, Meskin Aaron, Moore Margaret