Phenomenology and Mind

No. 14 (2018): Perception and Aesthetic Experience
Session 1. Aesthetic Experience and Enactivism

The “How” and “What” of Aesthetic Experience. Some Reflections Based on Noë’s Strange Tools. Art and Human Nature

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  • Francesca Forlè
Francesca Forlè
CAS SEE University of Rijeka Vita-Salute San Raffaele University – Milan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13128/Phe_Mi-23621

Published 2018-09-21

Keywords

  • aesthetic experience,
  • enactive perception

How to Cite

Forlè, F. (2018). The “How” and “What” of Aesthetic Experience. Some Reflections Based on Noë’s Strange Tools. Art and Human Nature. Phenomenology and Mind, (14), 18–28. https://doi.org/10.13128/Phe_Mi-23621
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Abstract

Being a book on art and its nature, Strange Tools deals with aesthetic experience as a crucial object of inquiry. Indeed, it offers several interesting insights into what aesthetic experience is and how we should (or should not) account for it. However, some aspects of Noë’s analysis raise questions, both about the act and about the object of aesthetic experience itself. In this paper, I will discuss these issues highlighting a potential conflict in the author’s analysis of aesthetic experience and providing some hints about the objective correlate of such an experience.
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