Investigations Into the Phenomenology and the Ontology of the Work of Art - What are Artworks and How Do We Experience Them? (Hardcover, 2015 ed.)

This book investigates the nature of aesthetic experience and aesthetic objects. Written by leading philosophers, psychologists, literary scholars and semioticians, the book addresses two intertwined issues. The first is related to the phenomenology of aesthetic experience: The understanding of how human beings respond to artworks, how we process linguistic or visual information, and what properties in artworks trigger aesthetic experiences. The examination of the properties of aesthetic experience reveals essential aspects of our perceptual, cognitive, and semiotic capacities. The second issue studied in this volume is related to the ontology of the work of art: Written or visual artworks are a specific type of objects, containing particular kinds of representation which elicit a particular kind of experience. The research question explored is: What properties in artful objects trigger this type of experience, and what characterizes representation in written and visual artworks? The volume sets the scene for state-of-the-art inquiries in the intersection between the psychology and ontology of art. The investigations of the relation between the properties of artworks and the characteristics of aesthetic experience increase our insight into what art is. In addition, they shed light on essential properties of human meaning-making in general.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Contributions to Phenomenology, 81
Release date:	June 2015
First published:	2015
Editors:	Peer F. Bundgaard • Frederik Stjernfelt
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	264
Edition:	2015 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-14089-6
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Aesthetics Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Cognition & cognitive psychology > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > Phenomenology & Existentialism Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Aesthetics Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > Phenomenology & Existentialism Promotions
LSN:	3-319-14089-2
Barcode:	9783319140896

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