Aesthetics as Phenomenology

<p>Connecting aesthetic experience with our experience of nature or with other cultural artifacts <i>Aesthetics as Phenomenology</i> focuses on what art means for cognition recognition and affect--how art changes our everyday disposition or behavior. Günter Figal engages in a penetrating analysis of the moment at which in our contemplation of a work of art reaction and thought confront each other. For those trained in the visual arts and for more casual viewers Figal unmasks art as a decentering experience that opens further possibilities for understanding our lives and our world.</p>