William P. Seeley

 

Lecturer

Department of Philosophy

73/75 Campus Avenue

Bates College

Lewiston, ME 04240

wseeley at bates dot edu

 

 

 

Research Interests:

Cognitive Science, Aesthetics, Philosophy of Mind. My primary research interests are in aesthetics and the cognitive neuroscience of vision and concern attempts to understand and explain art and aesthetic experience in terms of the operation of perceptual systems. Current research includes a study of the role drawing skill plays in conferring an advantage to artists over non-artists in visual recognition tasks and the ongoing project of providing a role for cognitive neuroscience in explanations of art and aesthetic experience. I am also a sculptor. My work has been exhibited in New York City, Tokyo, The Addison Gallery of American Art, and Yale University (see links below).

 

Links:

 

Aesthetics and Cognitive Science

CV

Sculpture

Artist's Statement

Courses

Publications

Current Research

Cognition in the Wild

Portrait of the artist as a test subject...

ASA: Eastern Division Meeting

 

Last updated November 2009

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