Episode #69: Alex & Resident Philosopher Whittaker: cognition is a form of art
11/21/21 • 16 min
Timestamps:
- 00:20: 2 Ways to View Art as Cognition: Art as a way to express cognition vs Cognition is a form of Art
- 02:25: Blank Page: Pure thought, consciousness and reality against physical objects.
- 05:15: Physical Interaction with the World: No physical brain, no consciousness.
- 07:15: Ralph Waldo Emerson and the Transparent Eyeball: Erasing the self and observing
- 10:00: Philosophical Thought: The ultimate rational being and erasing subjectivity
- 12:15: Between Subjectivity and Objectivity: How I feel and where it fits in the bigger picture. Capability of abstract thought, yet we're material beings
Timestamps:
- 00:20: 2 Ways to View Art as Cognition: Art as a way to express cognition vs Cognition is a form of Art
- 02:25: Blank Page: Pure thought, consciousness and reality against physical objects.
- 05:15: Physical Interaction with the World: No physical brain, no consciousness.
- 07:15: Ralph Waldo Emerson and the Transparent Eyeball: Erasing the self and observing
- 10:00: Philosophical Thought: The ultimate rational being and erasing subjectivity
- 12:15: Between Subjectivity and Objectivity: How I feel and where it fits in the bigger picture. Capability of abstract thought, yet we're material beings
Previous Episode
Episode #68: RP Whittaker with Sasha and Glen: Art, history, authenticity - art a kind of legitimated, time-stamping of history
Timestamps:
- 00:34: Art as Cognition: What does it mean? Everything you look at can be a snapshot of beauty. Perceptions of art and how you value it
- 01:45: What is Art: Breaking it down. What counts as art and what doesn't?
- 02:35: Pricing Authenticity
- 04:20: Robert Hughes: Art has to be different rather than good. Provoke thought vs beauty
- 06:15: History Decides Which Art is Important
- 08:50: Art's Shift: Relationships>Skill
- 11:25: Personal Responsibility to Consuming Art
- 12:10: Basquiat, the Art World and Wealth: Jay-Z, Beyonce, respect for the artist, or lack of it.
- 15:15: Art is its Person: Imaginative Act by individuals vs commodification of art.
Next Episode
Episode #70: Oralie - Biology and the limits of Observation, Meaning-making
talkPOPc Participant Oralie in conversation with Resident Philosopher Nicholas Whittaker on Biology and the limits of Observation and Meaning-making.
Timestamps:
- 00:55: Understanding the world through Aesthetic. The immediacy of Art and the ability to grab us, intertwined with the cognitive process. Meaning-making Machines
- 02:20: The biological programming of Art. We're biological beings and our experience of the world is biological.
- 04:35: Kant's opinion of Beauty. It should be universal. Should be, or is? Edmund Burke thinks it is.
- 06:35: Liking art is not enough. Why do you like it? Putting a scientific spin on the art experience and the 5 Pillars of Beauty
- 11:00: Art is how we make meaning of the world, and it's subjective. Mental development. Everyone has their own unique perception, even 4 year olds. Object Permanence
- 14:05: Solipsism, everything is subjective, we're alone and trapped in our own experience. Too far? How do I appreciate the specific location of my perception?
- 16:00: Stanley Cavell, "Can you dig it?" That's all you need. Can you see what I see, can you feel what I'm feeling?
- 17:50: We share biological programming. Even if we're all different, we're all kind of the same.
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