BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Lewis & Clark//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20180311T100000 RDATE:20180311T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20181104T090000 RDATE:20181104T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180223T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180223T163000 LOCATION:JRHH 202 GEO:45.451619;-122.669391 SUMMARY:"Abstract on the Possibility of a Neuroaesthetics of Natural Envi ronments" by James Dow (Hendrix College) DESCRIPTION:Experiences of nature sometimes involve multisensory engageme nt\, immersion of ourselves in nature\, and transformative experiences. C ould such aesthetic experiences be described\, explained\, and predicted by neuroscience? Neuroaesthetics has emerged as a discipline that explain s and predicts aesthetic experiences of visual art\, music\, and literatu re. Enactivists about perception have argued against the possibility of n euroaesthetics based on the claim that perceptual experience involves sen sitivity to sensorimotor contingencies. Engagement theorists about nature aesthetics have argued that engaged aesthetic experiences are non-concep tual\, participatory\, and action-oriented. \;Do the enactivist argum ents against the possibility of a neuroaesthetics of art provide similar challenges to the possibility of explaining and predicting aesthetic expe riences of natural environments? I argue for the counterintuitive thesis that \;while neuroaesthetics of art can overcome hurdles posed by the enactivists\, by appealing to pragmatic representations\, the neuroaesth etics of natural environments cannot overcome challenges presented by the action-oriented nature of aesthetic experience of nature. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Experiences of nature sometimes involve multisensory engagement\, immersion of ourselves in nature\, and transfo rmative experiences. Could such aesthetic experiences be described\, expl ained\, and predicted by neuroscience? Neuroaesthetics has emerged as a d iscipline that explains and predicts aesthetic experiences of visual art\ , music\, and literature. Enactivists about perception have argued agains t the possibility of neuroaesthetics based on the claim that perceptual e xperience involves sensitivity to sensorimotor contingencies. Engagement theorists about nature aesthetics have argued that engaged aesthetic expe riences are non-conceptual\, participatory\, and action-oriented. \;D o the enactivist arguments against the possibility of a neuroaesthetics o f art provide similar challenges to the possibility of explaining and pre dicting aesthetic experiences of natural environments? I argue for the co unterintuitive thesis that \;while neuroaesthetics of art can overcom e hurdles posed by the enactivists\, by appealing to pragmatic representa tions\, the neuroaesthetics of natural environments cannot overcome chall enges presented by the action-oriented nature of aesthetic experience of nature.
UID:20180223T233000Z-283989@college.lclark.edu DTSTAMP:20180222T111035Z URL:https://college.lclark.edu/live/events/283989-abstract-on-the-possibi lity-of-a-neuroaesthetics CATEGORIES:Open to the Public LAST-MODIFIED:20180222T191326Z ATTACH:https://college.lclark.edu/live/image/gid/77/width/80/height/80/cr op/1/71198_james_dow.rev.1519326726.jpg X-LIVEWHALE-TYPE:events X-LIVEWHALE-ID:283989 X-LIVEWHALE-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles X-LIVEWHALE-IMAGE:https://college.lclark.edu/live/image/gid/77/width/80/h eight/80/crop/1/71198_james_dow.rev.1519326726.jpg X-LIVEWHALE-SUMMARY:Experiences of nature sometimes involve multisensory engagement\, immersion of ourselves in nature\, and transformative experi ences. Could such aesthetic experiences be described\, explained\, and pr edicted by neuroscience? Neuroaesthetics has emerged as a discipline that explains and predicts aesthetic experiences of visual art\, music\, and literature. Enactivists about perception have argued against the possibil ity of neuroaesthetics based on the claim that perceptual experience invo lves sensitivity to sensorimotor contingencies. Engagement theorists abou t nature aesthetics have argued that engaged aesthetic experiences are no n-conceptual\, participatory\, and action-oriented. \;Do the enactivi st arguments against the possibility of a neuroaesthetics of art provide similar challenges to the possibility of explaining and predicting aesthe tic experiences of natural environments? I argue for the counterintuitive thesis that \;while neuroaesthetics of art can overcome hurdles pose d by the enactivists\, by appealing to pragmatic representations\, the ne uroaesthetics of natural environments cannot overcome challenges presente d by the action-oriented nature of aesthetic experience of nature. X-LIVEWHALE-TAGS:alumni|faculty event|lecturer|literary arts|philosophy c olloquium series|podcast|send-to-graduate|send-to-law|send-to-undergradua te|staff event|student event END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR