SÚČASNÉ PERSPEKTÍVY KONCEPTU MYSLE SUSANNE K. LANGEROVEJ

• Authors: Košičanová Agáta

Title variants

EN

Contemporary perspectives on Susanne K. Langer's concept of mind

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

EN

The continual possibility of aesthetic experience throughout history has prompted philosophical reflections about its nature and meaning in human life. This article outlines some neuroscientific ways of understanding their functioning, focusing specifically on Susanne Langer’s contribution. Commonly subsumed under the heading ‘philosophy of mind’ – especially due to the trilogy Mind: An Essay on Human Feeling – Langer’s interests in the human mind developed already in the 1950s, as witnessed by the paper The Deepening Mind. A Half-Century of American Philosophy. Following these lines, the article discusses Langer’s philosophical approach from the perspective of a (neuro)aesthetic inquiry, emphasizing particularly the importance of the non-discursive realm of the mind. It also shows how Langer’s account might be seen as going beyond that of John Dewey, which is often referred to as an advancement in the historical development of neuro-aesthetics.

Keywords

EN

SUSANNE K. LANGER; PHILOSOPHY; NEUROAESTHETICS; MIND; NON-DISCURSIVENESS

• Publisher: Society for Aesthetics in Slovakia ad Institute of Aesthetics and Art Culture
• Journal: ESPES
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 99 - 114

Contributors

author

Košičanová Agáta

• Gymnázium Pavla Horova, Michalovce, Slovak Republic

Identifiers

DOI

10.5281/zenodo.6647400