Science and Metaphysics Part I - Scientific Art Appreciation?

Abstract

Ignorance of the mind aspect of humans is identified as the major factor that limits application of science in art appreciation. It prevents scientific art appreciation. The argument is developed through two areas: work of art and aesthetic experience.

The work of art part consists of Morris Weitz’s Anti-Essentialism argument and the Essentialism arguments of Margaret Macdonald (Physicalism view) and the three Non-physicalism views of Bernard Bosanquet (Idealism view), Plato (Abstract Entity view), and Monroe Beardsley (Phenomenalism view).

Aesthetic experience part includes Kingsley Price’s Objectivism, George Santayana’s Subjectivism, and Edward Bullough’s Psychical Distance.