Art and the Brain: Controversies in Science & the Humanities

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Summary

Is it possible to take a natural science approach to art and uncover general laws of aesthetic experience, or is that taking reductionism too far?

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About Authors	p. 3
Special Feature on 'Art and the Brain'
Editorial Introduction	p. 5
The Science of Art: A neurological theory of aesthetic experience	p. 15
Commentary on Ramachandran and Hirstein	p. 52
Peak Shift, Prototypicality and Aesthetic Experience
Object Hypotheses in Visual Perception: David Marr or Cruella de Ville?
It Don't Mean a Thing if it Ain't Got that Swing
Art Must Move: Emotion and the biology of beauty
Of Time and Beauty
Response to Ramachandran and Hirstein
What Information is Given by a Veil?
Response to Ramachandran and Hirstein
Author's Response
Art and the Brain	p. 76
The Emergence of Art and Language in the Human Brain	p. 97
Cave Art, Autism, and the Evolution of the Human Mind	p. 116
Commentary on Humphrey
Commentators	p. 123
Author's Response
On Aesthetic Perception	p. 144
The Dance Form Of The Eyes: What cognitive science can learn from art	p. 161
Emotion and Consciousness
Emotion and Phylogeny	p. 176
Consciousness and Emotion (Review of Panksepp)	p. 191
Obituary
James Newman	p. 201
Opinion
Ethics Are Intrinsic To Consciousness Science	p. 202
Announcements
Supplementary Issues of Journal of Consciousness Studies	p. 207
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