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It is possible today to determine, with some precision (according to the
most recent studies in neuroscience and evolutionary psychology), the areas of the
brain and the neural networks involved when an individual contemplates art, when
feeling pleasure, or when judging about aesthetic experience. However, many questions remain open. First, the philosophical question about the subjective nature of
this kind of judgments. Then, what happens in the mind (or should it be said, in the
brain?) of the beholder when contemplating art or judging in favor (or not) of the
beauty of an object. And the ultimate question, if we have an aesthetic brain.
Another issue that must be addressed is if bioart and especially neuroart can contribute to this analysis and if they can be effectively quantified as art. Thus, this brief
essay seeks to provide some understanding about this questions but most importantly about the existence of an aesthetic brain, which may ultimately contribute to
open doors to other problems of philosophy such as the hard brain-mind problem.
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Aesthetic brain Beauty Neuroaesthetics Neuroart Judgments
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IEF - Instituto de Estudos Filosóficos da Universidade de Coimbra