{"product_id":"aesthetics-as-philosophy-of-perception-hardcover","title":"Aesthetics as Philosophy of Perception - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBence Nanay\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAesthetics is about some special and unusual ways of experiencing the world. Not just artworks, but also nature and ordinary objects. But then if we apply the remarkably elaborate and sophisticated conceptual apparatus of philosophy of perception to questions in aesthetics, we can make real\u003cbr\u003eprogress. The aim of this book is to bring the discussion of aesthetics and perception together. Bence Nanay explores how many influential debates in aesthetics look very different, and may be easier to tackle, if we clarify the assumptions they make about perception and about experiences in\u003cbr\u003egeneral. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe focus of \u003cem\u003eAesthetics as Philosophy of Perception\u003c\/em\u003e is the concept of attention and the ways in which this concept and especially the distinction between distributed and focused attention can help us re-evaluate various key concepts and debates in aesthetics. Sometimes our attention is distributed\u003cbr\u003ein an unusual way: we are attending to one perceptual object but our attention is distributed across its various properties. This way of experiencing the world is special and it plays an important role in characterizing a number of phenomena associated with aesthetics. Some of these that the book\u003cbr\u003etalks about include picture perception and depiction, aesthetic experiences, formalism, the importance of uniqueness in aesthetics, and the history of vision debate. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut sometimes, in some aesthetic contexts, our attention is not at all distributed, but very much focused. Nanay closes his argument with an analysis of some paradigmatic aesthetic phenomena where our attention is focused: identification and engagement with fictional characters. And the conflict and\u003cbr\u003einterplay between distributed and focused attention is an important feature of many artworks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBence Nanay \u003c\/strong\u003eis Professor of Philosophy and BOF Research Professor at the University of Antwerp, where he is also co-director of the Centre for Philosophical Psychology and Senior Research Associate at Peterhouse, Cambridge University. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eBetween Perception and Action\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP, 2013) and the editor of \u003cem\u003ePerceiving the World\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP, 2010) and of \u003cem\u003eCurrent Controversies in Philosophy of Perception\u003c\/em\u003e (Routledge, forthcoming). He has published more than 90 articles on various topics mainly in philosophy of mind and in aesthetics. He used to work as a film critic and served on the jury of various major international film festivals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.6 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 14, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42135316070535,"sku":"9780199658442","price":179.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/ce9f93cb5d41706510a9132631bf590e.webp?v=1732648602","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/aesthetics-as-philosophy-of-perception-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}