Psychology and Philosophy of Abstract Art

Neuro-Aesthetics, Perception and Comprehension
2016. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-137-48331-7
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 140 Seiten, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 219 mm, Gewicht: 3191 g

This book examines how we perceive and understand abstract art in contrast to artworks that represent reality. Philosophical, psychological and neuroscience research, including the work of philosopher Paul Crowther, are considered and out of these approaches a complex model is developed to account for this experience. The understanding embodied in this model is rooted in facet theory, mapping sentences and partially ordered analyses, which together provide a comprehensive understanding of the perceptual experience of abstract art.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hackett, Paul M W

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Neurologie, Klinische Neurowissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Biologische Psychologie, Neuropsychologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.- Chapter 1. Defining Two-Dimensional Abstract Art.- Chapter 2. Theorising Perception.- Chapter 3. Expanding Theoretical Complexity.- Chapter 4. Perceptual Content, Process and Categorial Ontologies.- Chapter 5. Mapping Sentence and Partial Order Mereology for Perceiving Abstract Art.

Über Autor(innen)

Paul Hackett works at Emerson College, USA and is an academic visitor in the philosophy department, Oxford University, UK. He is a psychologist with research interests that cross other disciplines, including philosophy and neuroscience with a concentration on categorial behaviour.