4E Cognition and the Spectrum of Aesthetic Experience
JoLMA December 9, 2020 Mia Burnett, Shaun Gallagher 17 citations
A review of 4E (embodied, embedded, extended, and enactive) approaches to art and aesthetic experience argues that extended mind analyses focusing on tool use overlook important aspects. To account for the wide range of aesthetic experiences across diverse artistic genres, four or more E's are needed. The authors develop an enactive, affordance-based approach to understanding art and aesthetic experience, while acknowledging both the potential and limitations of any single framework. They conclude that no unified set of principles can make sense of all art everywhere.