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Cognitivism and the Arts
Author(s) -
Gibson John
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
philosophy compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.973
H-Index - 25
ISSN - 1747-9991
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-9991.2008.00144.x
Subject(s) - cognitivism (psychology) , the arts , epistemology , philosophy , value (mathematics) , cognition , psychology , art , computer science , visual arts , neuroscience , machine learning
Cognitivism in respect to the arts refers to a constellation of positions that share in common the idea that artworks often bear, in addition to aesthetic value, a significant kind of cognitive value. In this paper I concentrate on three things: (i) the challenge of understanding exactly what one must do if one wishes to defend a cognitivist view of the arts; (ii) common anti‐cognitivist arguments; and (iii) promising recent attempts to defend cognitivism.