Excited to be in Cardiff this week to present at the Welsh Aesthetics Forum. I'll be talking about how we can aesthetically appreciate our own epistemic agency, how artworks can help us do this, and how this might (or might not!) boost our cognitive powers. @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social #philsky
![[E]ven if Shakespeare could not intend to tell us anything specific about the 2016 election, he has tried and non-accidentally succeeded in providing us with prompts that can be applied to topics that, by their very nature, resonate widely in subjects far beyond those his plays address. In order to work out just what the magnitude of Shakespeare’s cognitive achievement is with respect to these themes, we have to test just how far this resonance goes, which involves exploring specific political subjects in the wider world.
- Christopher Earley, Co-Producing Art's Cognitive Value](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:chsp27b6x6v5fyeqzazfpspx/bafkreibikdwiit5rjbj72ywxotdwtnvsegx4x5avz7tp764edjldn5er54)
![[W]hen an artist confronts us with a prompt that makes a decisive contribution to an audience’s ability to achieve insight in their shared project of enquiry, they are also due a share of credit for co-producing this cognitive achievement.
- Christopher Earley, Co-Producing Art’s Cognitive Value](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:chsp27b6x6v5fyeqzazfpspx/bafkreicvpvmklwdiongicufr7yvgt35d4hs6kgrgdk6ullj3pmhkupl6om)
