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