The course offers an overview of the intersections between cognitive science and theories of the arts.
Le scienze cognitive hanno ridefinito in profondità paradigmi e modelli dei processi mentali legati all’esperienza percettiva e conoscitiva. I tradizionali problemi filosofici riguardanti le relazioni tra esperienze corporee e mentali, il reciproco interagire di intelligenza ed emozioni, il mobile e spesso contraddittorio statuto dei prodotti artistici, il complesso significato e della loro fruizione hanno acquisito dimensioni radicalmente nuove. Nel dialogo tra estetica, neuroscienze e filosofie delle mente si aprono inesauribili prospettive critiche ed euristiche per immaginare modi e mezzi di mutua fecondazione tra l’innovazione tecnologica e i suoi possibili scenari applicativi nelle arti, nello spettacolo e nella riabilitazione.
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Alternation between themes of cognitive science and their applications to the artistic field
The course will combine lectures delivered by the instructor with classroom presentations given by attending students.
1. The emergence of classical cognitive science From behaviorism to cognitive science Examples of mental representations (grammars, mental models) Functionalism Propositional attitudes and Common Sense Psychology Cognitive science and emotions Functionalism and qualia Limitations of behaviorism in explaining art Usefulness of functionalism in explaining art Case study: fiction imagination emotions 2. Visual perception Visual perception 1: Marr Visual perception 2 Gibson Dorsal system and ventral system Case study: pictorial perception 3. Connectionism AI models are not necessarily models of cognition Case study: image recognition and generation by deep learning 4. Robotics and cognition of the 4Es New Robotics Braitenberg 4E cognition Case study: intereactivity in baroque fresco and haptic arts 5. Modularity and evolutionism "Fodorian" vs. "massive" modularism Modularism and evolutionary psychology Problems of adaptive explanations Case study: evolutionary aesthetics 6. Cognitive science and neuroscience Neuroscience as a new horizon for cognitive science Case study: neuroaesthetics 7. Language and communication Syntax vs. semantics Compositionality of meaning Frege and antipsychologism Fodor and compositionality in the mind Pragmatics Grice and speakers' intentions, maxims, implicatures Case study: the limits of the art/language analogy Case study: pragmatics and the arts (e.g. poetry, film, conceptual art)
Teaching materials that will be made available on Aulaweb
Ricevimento: Please write to the Professor to set an appointment
The timetable for this course is available here: EasyAcademy
Oral examination
Classroom presentation and oral examination.
Students with disabilities or learning disorders are allowed to use specific modalities and supports that will be determined on a case-by-case basis in agreement with the Delegate of the Engineering courses in the Committee for the Inclusion of Students with Disabilities. Students are invited to contact the teacher of this course and copy the Delegate (https://unige.it/commissioni/comitatoperlinclusionedeglistudenticondisabilita.html).
