Reductionism in Art and Brain Science  -  Eric R. Kandel

Bridging the Two Cultures

KORTE INHOUD

Are art and science separated by an unbridgeable divide? Can they find common ground? In this new book, neuroscientist Eric R. Kandel, whose remarkable scientific career and deep interest in art give him a unique perspective, demonstrates how science can inform the way we experience a work of art and seek to understand its meaning. Kandel illustrates how reductionism―the distillation of larger scientific or aesthetic concepts into smaller, more tractable components―has been used by scientists and artists al...
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2018 Uitgever: Columbia University Press 240 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0231179634 ISBN-13: 9780231179638