Súčasné perspektívy konceptu mysle Susanne K. Langerovej

The continual possibility of aesthetic experience throughout history has prompted philosophical reflections about its nature and meaning in human life. This article outlines some neuroscientific ways of understanding its functioning, focusing specifically on Susanne Langer’s_contribution. Commonly subsumed under the heading ‘philosophy of mind’ – especially due to the trilogy Mind: An Essay on_Human Feeling – Langer’s_interests in the human mind developed already in the 1950s, as witnessed by the paper The Deepening Mind. A_Half-Century of American Philosophy. Following these lines, the article discusses Langer’s_philosophical approach from the perspective of a_(neuro)aesthetic inquiry, emphasizing particularly the importance of the non-discursive realm of the mind. It also shows how Langer’s_account might be seen as going beyond that of John Dewey, which is often referred to as an_advancement in the historical development of neuroaesthetics.