Broschiertes Buch

The Aesthetic Mind

Philosophy and Psychology

Herausgeber: Schellekens, Elisabeth; Goldie, Peter

Beschreibung

The Aesthetic Mind breaks new ground in bringing together empirical sciences and philosophy to enhance our understanding of art and the aesthetic. An eminent international team of experts explores the roles of emotion, imagination, empathy, and beauty in this realm of human experience, discussing visual and literary art, music, and dance.

Autor

Elisabeth Schellekens is Senior Lecturer at the University of Durham, and Associate Editor of the British Journal of Aesthetics. She is the author of Aesthetics & Morality (Continuum, 2007), co-author of Who's Afraid of Conceptual Art (Routledge, 2009), and is currently working on a book on Aesthetic Objectivism. She was post-doctoral research fellow on the AHRC-funded project 'Towards an aesthetic psychology: the philosophy of aesthetic perception and cognition' between 2004 and 2006. Her main research interests include questions at the intersection of the philosophy of mind and aesthetics, meta-ethics, and Kant. Peter Goldie was formerly Samuel Hall Professor in Philosophy at the University of Manchester. He authored a number of books, including The Mess Inside (OUP, 2012), Philosophy and Conceptual Art (OUP, 2007), On Personality (Routledge, 2004), and The Emotions: A Philosophical Exploration (Clarendon Press, 2000).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 470
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. August 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 703g
• ISBN-13: 9780198705925
• ISBN-10: 0198705921
• Artikelnr.: 40305707