Many scientific disciplines give rise to research published under the moniker of aesthetics.
For instance, both psychology and neuroscience have highly active subfields focused on …

We demonstrate that many philosophers accept the following claim: When an aesthetic
object is apprehended correctly, taking pleasure in said object is a reliable sign that the …

What is the folk concept of art? Does it track any of the major definitions of art philosophers
have proposed? In two preregistered experiments (N= 888) focusing on two types of …

Abstract In two experiments (N= 888), we explore to what extent the folk concept of art is
compatible with the leading philosophical definitions of art, and whether it is an essentialist …

The majority of philosophers working within the field of aesthetics today seem to accept, at a
minimum, that there are better and worse aesthetic judgments, and that some works are …

In this paper I will discuss some issues related to a recent trend in experimental philosophy
(or x-phi), and try to show the reasons of its late (and scarce) involvement with aesthetics …

1. Background Writers on aesthetics in the empiricist tradition such as Shaftsbury, Hume,
and Reid thought of their contributions as broadly empirical (see Shelley 2006 [2020]), and …

Imaginative resistance is a reluctance to buy into morally deviant fictional worlds. While most
people have little trouble imagining acts of violence happening in fiction, they will struggle to …

La experticia mostró ser una variable relevante a la hora de estudiar procesos de recepción
de arte visual. Con un enfoque psicométrico, el cuestionario de Conocimiento e Interés en …

Beauty and aesthetics began in ancient times and continue with new techniques,
medications, and products. Fascinating discoveries have created novel treatments and …