Art and Science: A Philosophical Sketch of Their Historical Complexity and Codependence

Nicolas J. Bullot, William P. Seeley, Stephen Davies

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    Abstract

    To analyze the relations between art and science, philosophers and historians have developed different lines of inquiry. A first type of inquiry considers how artistic and scientific practices have interacted over human history. Another project aims to determine the contributions (if any) that scientific research can make to our understanding of art, including the contributions that cognitive science can make to philosophical questions about the nature of art. We rely on contributions made to these projects in order to demonstrate that art and science are codependent phenomena. Specifically, we explore the codependence of art and science in the context of a historical analysis of their interactions and in the context of contemporary debates on the cognitive science of art.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)453-463
    Number of pages11
    JournalJournal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism
    Volume75
    Issue number4
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Sept 2017

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