[PHILOS-L] Elzė Sigutė Mikalonytė (University of Cambridge) et al., "Transformed by Beauty: Exploring the Influence of Aesthetic Appreciation on Abstract Thinking" (Online Talk)
James Andow
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This is a talk in a session of the Winter 2024-25 Season of UK XPHI online.
Elzė Sigutė Mikalonytė (University of Cambridge); Jasmina Stevanov (University of Cambridge); Ryan P. Doran (University of Cambridge); Katherine A. Symons (University of Cambridge); and Simone Schnall (University of Cambridge)
Title: Transformed by Beauty: Exploring the Influence of Aesthetic Appreciation on Abstract Thinking
Abstract: According to prominent philosophical views, appreciating beauty involves psychological distancing, where one does not consider the beautiful object in light of practical interests, and beauty leads to transformative and self-transcendent affective experiences. In this study, conducted in a museum, we explored these ideas. Half the participants were instructed to rate the beauty of pottery objects, while the other half engaged in a control task. Indeed, appreciating the beauty of artworks led participants to think in a more abstract way, especially for those who practice an art hobby, as well as to transformative, and self-transcendent emotions.
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The UK XPHI online series focuses on work-in-progress in experimental philosophy. We particularly aim to be a forum for research from UK-based and UK-linked colleagues. It is organised by James Andow (Manchester) and Eugen Fischer (UEA). Here is the full programme for our Winter 2024-25 season.
Oct 9, 16-18 UTC+1, Keynote talk
- Shaun Nichols (Cornell), The PSR and the folk metaphysics of explanation
Nov 13, 16-18 UTC+0
- Monica Ding (KCL), Non-factive Understanding: Evidence from English, Cantonese, and Mandarin
- María Alejandra Petino Zappala (German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Germany); Phuc Nguyen (German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Germany); Andrea Quint (German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Germany); Nora Heinzelmann (Institut für Philosophie, FAU Erlangen), Digital interventions to boost vaccination intention: a report
Dec 11, 16-18 UTC+0
- Elis Jones (Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research) , The problem of baselining: philosophy, history, and coral reef science
- April H. Bailey (University of Edinburgh); Nicholas DiMaggio (University of Chicago, Booth), Of minds and men
Jan 8, 16-18 UTC+0
- Ajinkya Deshmukh (The University of Manchester); Frederique Janssen-Lauret (The University of Manchester), Reincarnation and anti-essentialism: An argument against the essentiality of material origins
- Ethan Landes (Kent); Justin Sytsma (Victoria University of Wellington), LLM Simulated Data: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Feb 12, 16-18 UTC+0
- Elzė Sigutė Mikalonytė (University of Cambridge); Jasmina Stevanov (University of Cambridge); Ryan P. Doran (University of Cambridge); Katherine A. Symons (University of Cambridge); and Simone Schnall (University of Cambridge), Transformed by Beauty: Exploring the Influence of Aesthetic Appreciation on Abstract Thinking
- Poppy Mankowitz (University of Bristol) , Experimenting with the semantics of ‘Every’
Mar 12, 16-18 UTC+0
- Kathryn Francis (University of Leeds); Maria Ioannidou (University of Bradford); Matti Wilks (University of Edinburgh), Does dietary identity influence moral anthropocentrism?
- Jonathan Lewis (University of Manchester); James Toomey (University of Iowa); Ivar Hannikainen (University of Granada); Brian D. Earp (National University of Singapore), Normative authority, epistemic access, and the true self
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