Course Reading List
Key readings
Mark Turner (Ed.) (2006). The Artful Mind: Cognitive Science and the Riddle of Human Creativity. New York: Oxford University Press.
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This edited book contains multi-disciplinary essays on how the arts contribute to cognition specifically and the essence of being human generally. Students will be assigned to read the following chapters:
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Ch. 3: A Cognitive Account of Aesthetics (F. Steen)
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Ch. 7: Dynamics of Completion (S. B. Heath)
Cooper, D. E. (Ed.). (1997). Aesthetics: The Classic Readings. Oxford, UK and Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers.
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This edited book contains key classical writings from Western, Chinese and Indian philosophers. Students will be assigned to read the following chapters:
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Ch. 5: Shih-tao, Quotes on Painting
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Ch. 13: A. K. Coomaraswamy, The Dance of Åšiva
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Ch. 14: John Dewey. Art as Experience, Chapters 1-2
Recommended Readings (optional)
Graham, G. (2005). Philosophy of the arts: an introduction to aesthetics (3rd ed). New York : Routledge.
Allen, Pat. B. (1995). Art is a Way of Knowing. Boston & London: Shambhala Publications.
Steinberg, D. (2006). Consciousness reconnected: missing links between self, neuroscience, psychology and the arts. Oxon, UK: Radcliffe Publishing.
Recommended Documentaries
Beavan, C. (Producer/Director), Belton, D. (Director), Condie, S. (Director), Hindmarch, C. (Director) & Runcie, J. (Director). (2006). Simon Schama’s power of art [Television Broadcast]. London: BBC.
Hedgecoe, M. (Producer) & Thomas, K. (Executive Producer). (2005). How art made the world [Television broadcast]. London: BBC.