How can art, the visual arts—from painting to sculptures to film—take us beyond ourselves, generating a sense of awe and grandeur, opening up new ways of knowing and...
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Art brings pleasure, but is art also more? Can the arts be sources of understanding? What is art’s potential? Will art become a subset of science? Or can art see what...
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Can art go beyond the pleasures of experience to convey knowledge or even understanding? If so, what could be the kinds of knowledge or understanding made manifest by art?...
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Can understanding how the mind appreciates art give insight into how the mind works? What is it about art that it can reveal the process of creativity and imagination and the...
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In the past, philosophers have been skeptical about the place of empirical analysis in art, but many believe that cognitive science can enrich the understanding of...
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Aesthetic Cognitivism is a theory about the arts as sources of understanding. What are the scholarly or scientific fields that form its foundation? Explore art’s...
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