Aesthetics and the Sciences of Mind - Greg Currie, Matthew Kieran, Aaron Meskin & Jon Robson

Aesthetics and the Sciences of Mind

By Greg Currie, Matthew Kieran, Aaron Meskin & Jon Robson

  • Release Date: 2014-07-24
  • Genre: Philosophy

Description

How far should philosophical accounts of the value and interpretation of art be sensitive to the scientific approaches used by psychologists, sociologists, and evolutionary thinkers? A team of experts urge different answers to this question, and explore how empirical inquiry can shed light on problems traditionally regarded as philosophical.