The Dissenter

#921 Alva Noë - The Entanglement: How Art and Philosophy Make Us What We Are

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Mar 29, 2024
Philosopher Alva Noë discusses the entanglement of art and philosophy, challenging fixed ideas of human nature and exploring the intertwined relationship between life and art. The conversation delves into the interconnectedness of science, philosophy, and art, emphasizing the transformative power of self-reflection through artistic expression.
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INSIGHT

Art Reorganizes Human Life

  • Art reorganizes and liberates us from habitual cultural and biological patterns by putting aspects of life on display.
  • This reshaping changes what it means to be human because art and life recursively remake each other.
ANECDOTE

How Dance Becomes A Template

  • Noë contrasts ordinary dancing with staged choreography to show how art reframes everyday activity.
  • Choreography supplies templates that reshape how people dance in daily life.
INSIGHT

Art Forces Us To Rethink Seeing

  • Art resists simple functional captions and forces us to interrogate how pictures shape showing and seeing.
  • That interrogation changes our attitudes toward depiction and communication with images.
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