Gestalt Theory
What is What? Focus on Transdisciplinary Concepts and Terminology in Neuroaesthetics, Cognition and Poetics / Was ist Was? Transdisziplinäre Konzepte und Terminologien in Neuro-Ästhetik, Kognition und Poetik. Guest Editors: Renata Gambino, Grazia Pulvirenti, Elisabetta Vinci.
Published Online: Jul 25, 2019
Page range: 107 - 112
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/gth-2019-0012
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Humans know when they themselves experience beauty, even though the term itself has been difficult to define adequately for a variety of reasons. Given this centuries’ old failure to give an adequate definition of beauty, perhaps the time has come to enquire whether the experience of beauty, regardless of its source, can be defined in neural terms.