Second of a three-volume series of the "Journal of Consciousness
Studies", which asks if it is possible to take a natural science
approach to art and uncover general laws of aesthetic experience, or is
that taking reductionism too far?
What is art? What is beauty? How do they relate? Where does
consciousness come in? What about truth? And can science help us with
issues of this kind? Because such questions go to the very heart of
current conflicts about Western value systems, they are unlikely to
receive definitive answers. But they are still very much worth
exploring - which is precisely the purpose of this collection of papers
(Journal of Consciousness Studies, 7, No.8/9), with particular attention
to the relationships between art and science.