Project description
New way of aesthetic learning enabled by cognitive sciences
The aesthetic value of an object is an assessment of its form, integrity, quality, appearance and the emotional response it evokes. However, philosophical aesthetics lacks a clear, objective definition of aesthetic value and a description of how to learn aesthetics. As aesthetic values rely on one’s attention and appreciation, the LEAP project, funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, aims to develop a model of aesthetic learning that will allow harnessing the recent progress in cognitive sciences. LEAP will ensure a strict philosophical approach and rigorous criteria for aesthetic learning and appreciation. Part of the project work will be the development and testing of an innovative art-teaching model.
Objective
"The overarching goal of the project is to define ""aesthetic learning"" as a complex, multi-layered mental process from an empirically informed philosophical perspective. The research project will rely on (a) the philosophical literature concerning aesthetic values and (b) psychological evidence in cognitive sciences about the acquisition and development of perceptual and affective discriminatory capacities. The outcome of the project will be a model of aesthetic learning capable of exploiting the most recent advancements in the cognitive sciences within a rigorous philosophical framework. By focusing on such basic and uncontroversial components of aesthetic appreciation as perception and emotions, the project will establish viable criteria for the definition of aesthetic values that can be perceptually learnt and for the definition of aesthetic appreciation. Such a model will be submitted to experts in art teaching, made available for experimental testing and introduced to broader audiences. Thanks to the fellowship, the ER will fulfill the career goal of becoming an established researcher in the field of philosophical aesthetics, either with a permanent position or as a PI of a research project in a European university."
Fields of science
Programme(s)
- HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Main Programme
Funding Scheme
HORIZON-AG-UN - HORIZON Unit GrantCoordinator
30003 Murcia
Spain