Hi Jerry, Keith and all.
There are at least 4 good sources I know of for thinking about art from a cognitive science point of view.
The best is probably:
Anjan Chatterjee, 2013, The Aesthetic Brain, How We Evolved to Desire Beauty and Enjoy Art, Oxford University Press
Enrico Coen, 1998, The Art of Genes: How Organisms Make Themselves, Oxford University Press
“Coen draws parallels between the way genes respond to the developing pattern of an organism and the way an artist responds to a painting being created on canvas, using this memorable analogy to show how the organism develops through an interactive dialogue in which there is no clear separation between plan and execution.”
The last two take on culture and morality as well.
Eric R. Kandel, 2012, The Age of Insight: The Quest to Understand the Unconscious in Art, Mind, and Brain, Random House
Patricia S Churchland, 2014, Touching a Nerve: Our Brain Ourselves, W.W. Norton
It Is time we got past the views hobbling your Berkeley Philosopher and began tracking what neuroscientists are also thinking about.
We need to focus on the biological and interactive nature of art and mind like these scientists/humans are beginning to do.
Or, so I believe,
Chuck
On Oct 5, 2015, at 12:57 PM, Jerry Diethelm <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> There is a new article in the NYT today in The Stone series entitled, "What
> Art Unveils."
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> Berkeley philosopher, ALVA NOË, writes,
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> "These days, as Iąve discussed here before, the trend is to try to answer
> these questions [ what art is? ‹ how it works? ] in the key of neuroscience.
> I recommend a different approach, but not because I donąt think it is
> crucial to explore the links between art and our biological nature. The
> problem is that neuroscience has yet to frame an adequate conception of our
> nature. You look in vain in the writings of neuroscientists for satisfying
> accounts of experience or consciousness. For this reason, I believe, we
> canąt use neuroscience to explain art and its place in our lives. Indeed, if
> I am right, the order of explanation may go in the other direction: Art can
> help us frame a better picture of our human nature."
>
> Is she right? Discuss......
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> Warm regards,
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> Jerry
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