Strange tools : art and human nature

"What is art? Why does it matter to us? What does it tell us about ourselves? Normally, we look to works of art in order to answer these fundamental questions. But what if the objects themselves are not what matter? in 'Strange Tools: Art and Human nature, ' the philosopher and cognit...

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Auteur principal : Noë Alva (Auteur)
Format : Livre
Langue : anglais
Titre complet : Strange tools : art and human nature / Alva Noë
Publié : New York : Hill and Wang, a division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux , 2015
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XIII-285 p.)
Sujets :
  • Getting organized
  • Reorganizing ourselves
  • Designers by nature
  • Art loops and the garden of eden
  • Art, evolution, and the puzzle of puzzles
  • A short note on ecstasy, sports, and humor
  • Philosophical objects
  • See me if you can!
  • Why is art so boring?
  • Art and the limits of neuroscience
  • Art is a philosophical practice, and philosophy an aesthetic one
  • Making pictures
  • Using models
  • Pictorial strategies
  • Air guitar styles
  • The sound of music
  • A very abbreviated and highly opinionated history of aesthetics