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Aesthetics and the Sciences of Mind by Greg Currie, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

From Greg Currie

Current price: $133.99
Aesthetics and the Sciences of Mind by Greg Currie, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters
Aesthetics and the Sciences of Mind by Greg Currie, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

Indigo

Aesthetics and the Sciences of Mind by Greg Currie, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

From Greg Currie

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Through much of the twentieth century, philosophical thinking about works of art, design, and other aesthetic products has emphasized intuitive and reflective methods, often tied to the idea that philosophy's business is primarily to analyze concepts. This "philosophy from the armchair"approach contrasts with methods used by psychologists, sociologists, evolutionary thinkers, and others who study the making and reception of the arts empirically. How far should philosophers be sensitive to the results of these studies? Is their own largely a priori method basically flawed? Aretheir views on aesthetic value, interpretation, imagination, and the emotions of art to be rethought in the light of best science?The essays in this volume seek answers to these questions, many through detailed studies of problems traditionally regarded as philosophical but where empirical inquiry seems to be shedding interesting light. No common view is looked for or found in this volume: a number of authors argue that thecurrent enthusiasm for scientific approaches to aesthetics is based on a misunderstanding of the philosophical enterprise and sometimes on misinterpretation of the science; others suggest various ways that philosophy can and should accommodate and sometimes yield to the empirical approach. Theeditors provide a substantial introduction which sets the scene historically and conceptually before summarizing the claims and arguments of the essays. | Aesthetics and the Sciences of Mind by Greg Currie, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

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