Opening the Doors of Aesthetics
Opening the Doors of Aesthetics
Concluding Remarks
Chapter 10 concludes with showing the strength and limitations of the approach presented in this book, in a discussion that highlights the differences between a classic humanistic approach and an evolutionary, behavioral approach. The aim is not to move aesthetics from the humanities and into behavioral psychology and other sciences. On the contrary, the aesthetic field is a house with many doors, and you will need several keys to open them. However, aesthetics and art are also behavior. They are something our species does, and that is why behavioral sciences were prioritized. Furthermore, with behavioral and evolutionary psychology as tools, we can really shine an extensive and important light on the big Why of art and aesthetics.
Keywords: behavioral psychology, conceptual art, culture, evolutionary psychology, key stimuli, neuroaesthetics, Mona Lisa, Walter Pater, power objects, Shakespeare
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