Synopses & Reviews
Is it possible to take a natural science approach to art and uncover general laws of aesthetic experience, or is that taking reductionism too far?
Synopsis
First of a three-volume series of the "Journal of Consciousness Studies," which asks if it is possible to take a natural science approach to art and uncover general laws of aesthetic experience, or is that taking reductionism too far?
Table of Contents
Editorial introduction / Joseph A. Goguen -- The science of art / V.S. Ramachandran and William Hirstein -- Commentary on Ramachandran and Hirstein / Colin Martindale, et al -- Art and the brain / Semir Zeki -- The emergence of art and language in the human brain / Erich Harth -- Cave art, autism, and the evolution of the human mind / Nicholas Humphrey -- Commentary on Humphrey / Paul Bahn, et al -- On aesthetic perception / Jason W. Brown -- The dance form of the eyes / Ralph D. Ellis -- Emotion and phylogeny / Michael Cabanac -- Consciousness and emotion (Review of Panksepp) / Douglas F. Watt --James Newman / Bernard Baars -- Ethics are intrinsic to consciousness science / John Pickering.