Aesthetic cognitivism refers to the proposition that art promotes knowledge and
understanding. Despite its intuitive appeal, few empirical investigations have tested the …

Disgust is among the strongest of aversions, characterized by involuntary physical recoil and
even nausea. Yet paradoxically, disgusting objects can sometimes exert a grisly allure, and …

The Artful Species explores the idea that our aesthetic responses and art behaviors are
connected to our evolved human nature. Our humanoid forerunners displayed aesthetic …

Why does art matter to us, and what makes it good? Why is the role of imagination so
important in art? Illustrated with carefully chosen colour and black-and-white plates of …

According to the literary humanist, works of imaginative literature have an objective meaning
which is fixed at the time of their production and which is the same for all readers, then and …

While recent studies in neuroscience and psychology have shed light on our sensory and
perceptual experiences of art, they have yet to explain how contemporary art downplays …

The central debates about art and knowledge concern art's potential as a source of
knowledge. Do we learn things from art? If so, what kinds of things do we learn and how …

Is it appropriate to honor artists who have created great works but who have also acted
immorally? In this article, after arguing that honoring involves identifying a person as …

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The (im) moral character of art works often affects how we respond to them. But should it
affect our evaluation of them as art? The article surveys the contemporary debate whilst …