Closer to Truth's Arts Seeking Understanding

Art delights us, but how and why? What makes art transcendent and how does the art-transcendence nexus engage the mind? Explore art, appreciate art, with cognitive science, neuroscience, philosophy of art, philosophy of mind, philosophy of religion, art history, theology, sociology, and more.

Fri, Jul 26	6:30 A.M.	How Do Mind, Art, Transcendence Relate? NH World (11.3) What is the three-way relationship among mind, art, and transcendence? What is it about art that can elicit the sense of transcendence, going beyond the self, bursting the constraining bonds of semantic language? What is it about transcendence that it can be expressed by art? What in fact is transcendence, from a momentary escape from self to a full-blown mystical experience? How does the art-transcendence nexus engage the mind? We describe key terms and ideas.
Fri, Jul 26	1:30 P.M.	How Do Mind, Art, Transcendence Relate? NH World (11.3) What is the three-way relationship among mind, art, and transcendence? What is it about art that can elicit the sense of transcendence, going beyond the self, bursting the constraining bonds of semantic language? What is it about transcendence that it can be expressed by art? What in fact is transcendence, from a momentary escape from self to a full-blown mystical experience? How does the art-transcendence nexus engage the mind? We describe key terms and ideas.
Fri, Aug 2	6:30 A.M.	Toward A Cognitive Science of Transcendence NH World (11.3)
Fri, Aug 2	1:30 P.M.	Toward A Cognitive Science of Transcendence NH World (11.3)
Fri, Aug 9	6:30 A.M.	Can Art Affect Belief Systems? NH World (11.3)
Fri, Aug 9	1:30 P.M.	Can Art Affect Belief Systems? NH World (11.3)
Fri, Aug 16	6:30 A.M.	Can Art Harmonize Diverse Religions? NH World (11.3)
Fri, Aug 16	1:30 P.M.	Can Art Harmonize Diverse Religions? NH World (11.3)
Fri, Aug 23	6:30 A.M.	How Do Mind, Art, Transcendence Relate? NH World (11.3) What is the three-way relationship among mind, art, and transcendence? What is it about art that can elicit the sense of transcendence, going beyond the self, bursting the constraining bonds of semantic language? What is it about transcendence that it can be expressed by art? What in fact is transcendence, from a momentary escape from self to a full-blown mystical experience? How does the art-transcendence nexus engage the mind? We describe key terms and ideas.
Fri, Aug 23	1:30 P.M.	How Do Mind, Art, Transcendence Relate? NH World (11.3) What is the three-way relationship among mind, art, and transcendence? What is it about art that can elicit the sense of transcendence, going beyond the self, bursting the constraining bonds of semantic language? What is it about transcendence that it can be expressed by art? What in fact is transcendence, from a momentary escape from self to a full-blown mystical experience? How does the art-transcendence nexus engage the mind? We describe key terms and ideas.