The Cognitive Basis of Aesthetics

The Cognitive Basis of Aesthetics
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 189
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ISBN-10 : 9781317228660
ISBN-13 : 1317228669
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Book Synopsis The Cognitive Basis of Aesthetics by : Elena Fell

Download or read book The Cognitive Basis of Aesthetics written by Elena Fell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-14 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book seeks to fill a void in contemporary aesthetics scholarship by considering the cognitive features that make the aesthetic and artistic worthy of philosophical study. Aesthetic cognition has been largely abandoned by analytical philosophy, which instead tends to focus its attention on the ‘non-exhibited’ properties of artwork or issues concerning semantic and syntactic structure. The Cognitive Basis of Aesthetics innovatively seeks to correct the marginalization of aesthetics in analytical philosophy by reinterpreting aesthetic cognition through an integration of Ernst Cassirer’s philosophy of symbolic forms with Paul Crowther’s theory of imagination and philosophy of art. This integration has three important outcomes: 1) it explains why the aesthetic and artistic constitute a unique form of knowledge; 2) it shows the role this plays in the formation of aesthetics as a discipline; and 3) it describes why aesthetic cognition is so deeply engaging. This book’s unique theoretical approach engages with important works of visual, conceptual, and digital art, as well as literature, music, and theatre.


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