Download or read book Aesthetic Science written by Arthur P. Shimamura and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2012-01-02 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do we do when we view a work of art? What does it mean to have an 'aesthetic' experience? Are such experiences purely in the eye of the beholder? This book addresses the nature of aesthetic experience from the perspectives of philosophy psychology and neuroscience.