JoLMA The Journal for the Philosophy of Language, Mind and the Arts

Rivista | JoLMA
Fascicolo monografico | 1 | 2 | 2020
Articolo | 4E Cognition and the Spectrum of Aesthetic Experience

4E Cognition and the Spectrum of Aesthetic Experience

Abstract

We review 4E (embodied, embedded, extended and enactive) approaches to the analysis of art and aesthetic experience. We argue that extended mind analyses that focus on tool use miss important aspects, and that it requires 4 or more E’s to address the broad spectrum of aesthetic experiences that correlate to the broad variety of artistic genres. We develop an enactive, affordance-based approach to understanding art and aesthetic experience. Considering both the potential and the limitations of any particular approach, we argue that there is no one unified set of principles that will make sense of all art everywhere.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Presentato: 13 Luglio 2020 | Accettato: 17 Luglio 2020 | Pubblicato 09 Dicembre 2020 | Lingua: en

Keywords EnactivismAffordanceAesthetic ExperienceExtended MindArt


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