William P. Seeley Lecturer Department of Philosophy 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
Links:
Aesthetics
and Cognitive Science
Portrait
of the artist as a test subject...
Last updated November 2009
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Seeley