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Aesthesis and Perceptronium

- On the Entanglement of Sensation, Cognition, and Matter
Af: Alexander Wilson Engelsk Paperback

Aesthesis and Perceptronium

- On the Entanglement of Sensation, Cognition, and Matter
Af: Alexander Wilson Engelsk Paperback
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A new speculative ontology of aesthetics


In Aesthesis and Perceptronium, Alexander Wilson presents a theory of materialist and posthumanist aesthetics founded on an original speculative ontology that addresses the interconnections of experience, cognition, organism, and matter. Entering the active fields of contemporary thought known as the new materialisms and realisms, Wilson argues for a rigorous redefining of the criteria that allow us to discriminate between those materials and objects where aesthesis (perception, cognition) takes place and those where it doesn’t. 

Aesthesis and Perceptronium negotiates between indiscriminately pluralist views that attribute mentation to all things and eliminative views that deny the existence of mentation even in humans. By recasting aesthetic questions within the framework of “epistemaesthetics,” which considers cognition and aesthetics as belonging to a single category that can neither be fully disentangled nor fully reduced to either of its terms, Wilson forges a theory of nonhuman experience that avoids this untenable dilemma.  

Through a novel consideration of the evolutionary origins of cognition and its extension in technological developments, the investigation culminates in a rigorous reevaluation of the status of matter, information, computation, causality, and time in terms of their logical and causal engagement with the activities of human and nonhuman agents. 

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A new speculative ontology of aesthetics


In Aesthesis and Perceptronium, Alexander Wilson presents a theory of materialist and posthumanist aesthetics founded on an original speculative ontology that addresses the interconnections of experience, cognition, organism, and matter. Entering the active fields of contemporary thought known as the new materialisms and realisms, Wilson argues for a rigorous redefining of the criteria that allow us to discriminate between those materials and objects where aesthesis (perception, cognition) takes place and those where it doesn’t. 

Aesthesis and Perceptronium negotiates between indiscriminately pluralist views that attribute mentation to all things and eliminative views that deny the existence of mentation even in humans. By recasting aesthetic questions within the framework of “epistemaesthetics,” which considers cognition and aesthetics as belonging to a single category that can neither be fully disentangled nor fully reduced to either of its terms, Wilson forges a theory of nonhuman experience that avoids this untenable dilemma.  

Through a novel consideration of the evolutionary origins of cognition and its extension in technological developments, the investigation culminates in a rigorous reevaluation of the status of matter, information, computation, causality, and time in terms of their logical and causal engagement with the activities of human and nonhuman agents. 

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 272
ISBN-13: 9781517906603
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave: 1
ISBN-10: 1517906601
Kategori: Filosofi: æstetik
Udg. Dato: 29 okt 2019
Længde: 12mm
Bredde: 139mm
Højde: 217mm
Forlag: University of Minnesota Press
Oplagsdato: 29 okt 2019
Forfatter(e): Alexander Wilson
Forfatter(e) Alexander Wilson


Kategori Filosofi: æstetik


ISBN-13 9781517906603


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 272


Udgave 1


Længde 12mm


Bredde 139mm


Højde 217mm


Udg. Dato 29 okt 2019


Oplagsdato 29 okt 2019


Forlag University of Minnesota Press

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