Environmental Aesthetics: Overcoming Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Approaches
Open Access
Author:
Himes, Tyson S
Area of Honors:
Philosophy
Degree:
Bachelor of Arts
Document Type:
Thesis
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Christian Becker, Thesis Supervisor Dr. Christian Becker, Thesis Supervisor Vincent M Colapietro, Thesis Honors Advisor Shannon Wimberley Sullivan, Faculty Reader
Keywords:
cognitive non-cognitive john dewey quality aesthetic appreciation
Abstract:
In this paper I explore how we may bridge the gap between the cognitive and non-cognitive approaches in environmental aesthetics in the most profitable way. To do this I begin with a short survey of recent literature on cognitive and non-cognitive approaches. Then I explore integrative approaches which combine the cognitive and non-cognitive. Finally, I explain how John Dewey’s writings on qualitative experience present the most coherent approach to avoiding subject-object dualities. His integrative approach is not only an alternative but a solution to the dualistic problems which beset environmental aesthetics.
