The Shivers of Knowledge

• Authors: Félix Schoeller
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Aesthetic chills occur in artistic, scientific and religious context. We introduce a theoretical framework relating them to humans’ vital need for cognition. We discuss the implications of such a framework and the plausibility of our hypothesis. Numerous references to chills are introduced (quotes from, inter alios, artists, physicists and mathematicians).

Keywords

EN

Aesthetic chills; Knowledge; Curiosity; Pleasure

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Human and Social Studies
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 4
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 26-41

Dates

published

2015-10-01

online

2015-11-10

Contributors

author

Félix Schoeller

• École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales. C.R.A.L., Paris, France, 96, Boulevard Raspail, 75006, Paris, France

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/hssr-2015-0022