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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Bence Nanay (University of Antwerp and Peterhouse, Cambridge)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 14.80cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.30cm Weight: 0.404kg ISBN: 9780199658442ISBN 10: 0199658447 Pages: 228 Publication Date: 14 January 2016 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1: Aesthetics 2: Distributed attention 3: Pictures 4: Aesthetically relevant properties 5: Semi-Formalism 6: Uniqueness 7: The history of vision 8: Non-distributed attentionReviewsA welcome scepticism about some topics in contemporary aesthetics motivates this project. John Kulvicki, Times Literary Supplement the discussions are rich with examples drawn from both high art and opular media, never overused and always on point. This is not to suggest that the discussion is overly accessible : it offers high-level discussion of technical issues in philosophical aesthetics and art theory, and no less so of issues in philosophy of and empirical studies on perception. For each separate topic or chapter, prior to offering his own critiques and positive analyses, Nanay offers a clear and engaging background story - whether it is the conceptual history of formalism, philosophical theories about how we see pictures, or scientific evidence that suggests sensory perception is not functionally isolated from other mental processes. The book both invites and informs. Dustin Stokes, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Online the discussions are rich with examples drawn from both high art and popular media, never overused and always on point. This is not to suggest that the discussion is overly accessible : it offers high-level discussion of technical issues in philosophical aesthetics and art theory, and no less so of issues in philosophy of and empirical studies on perception. For each separate topic or chapter, prior to offering his own critiques and positive analyses, Nanay offers a clear and engaging background story -- whether it is the conceptual history of formalism, philosophical theories about how we see pictures, or scientific evidence that suggests sensory perception is not functionally isolated from other mental processes. The book both invites and informs. -- Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Online the discussions are rich with examples drawn from both high art and opular media, never overused and always on point. This is not to suggest that the discussion is overly accessible : it offers high-level discussion of technical issues in philosophical aesthetics and art theory, and no less so of issues in philosophy of and empirical studies on perception. For each separate topic or chapter, prior to offering his own critiques and positive analyses, Nanay offers a clear and engaging background story - whether it is the conceptual history of formalism, philosophical theories about how we see pictures, or scientific evidence that suggests sensory perception is not functionally isolated from other mental processes. The book both invites and informs. Dustin Stokes, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Online Author InformationBence Nanay is Professor of Philosophy and BOF Research Professor at the University of Antwerp, where he is also co-director of the Centre for Philosophical Psychology and Senior Research Associate at Peterhouse, Cambridge University. He is the author of Between Perception and Action (OUP, 2013) and the editor of Perceiving the World (OUP, 2010) and of Current Controversies in Philosophy of Perception (Routledge, forthcoming). He has published more than 90 articles on various topics mainly in philosophy of mind and in aesthetics. He used to work as a film critic and served on the jury of various major international film festivals. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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