Aesthetics as a Habit: Between Constraints and Freedom, Nudges and Creativity

Philosophies 7 (2):24 (2022)
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This paper is a preliminary attempt to bring to the fore some questions and issues regarding the role of habits in aesthetics. Indeed, much attention has recently been given to habits across a wide range of fields of inquiry: philosophers turn to the concept to investigate its significance to the historical development of Western thought; neuroscientists look into the role that habits play in the functioning of the human mind and identify the neural and psychological underpinnings of habitual behavior; anthropologists, political scientists and sociologists tap into habits as a key notion to explain social dynamics and collective behavior. For all of these waves that the notion has made in other parts of the humanities and social sciences, there have been so far, however, only a few sustained discussions of habits in conjunction with aesthetics. What is the role of habits in aesthetic experience? How do habits influence and regulate artistic creative processes?

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Aesthetic Habits.Alessandro Bertinetto & Mariagrazia Portera (eds.) - 2024 - Milan: Aisthesis. Pratiche, linguaggi e saperi dell'estetico - Mimesis Edizioni.

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