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Strange Tools

Art and Human Nature

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By: Alva Noë
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In Strange Tools: Art and Human Nature, philosopher and cognitive scientist Alva Noë raises a number of profound questions: What is art? Why do we value art as we do? What does art reveal about our nature?

Drawing on philosophy, art history, and cognitive science, and making provocative use of examples from all three of these fields, Noë offers new answers to such questions. He also shows why recent efforts to frame questions about art in terms of neuroscience and evolutionary biology alone have been and will continue to be unsuccessful.

©2015 Alva Noë (P)2015 Tantor Aesthetics Art History & Criticism Philosophy Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Cognitive Science

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"A searching and learned response to vexing, long-debated questions." ( Kirkus)

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not buying the narative offered. just jump to the end for the better materiall. A rational evaluation of art will fall short and this book delivers on that.

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