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Memories of Art

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 March 2013

William Hirstein
William Hirstein*
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, IL 60126. [email protected]
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Abstract

Although the art-historical context of a work of art is important to our appreciation of it, it is our knowledge of that history that plays causal roles in producing the experience itself. This knowledge is in the form of memories, both semantic memories about the historical circumstances, but also episodic memories concerning our personal connections with an artwork. We also create representations of minds in order to understand the emotions that artworks express.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 36 , Issue 2 , April 2013 , pp. 146 - 147
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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