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Aleksandra Zlatanova, National Academy of Art, BulgariaAbstract
The paper summarizes a part of my dissertation research, centered on the investigation of possibilities for the naturalization of creativity and its recognition through a domain-agnostic, abstract-mathematical approach called “functional analysis and reduction”. This customized methodology has a lot in common with category theory, with a key twist: Its function is to reconstruct information while preserving complete language agnosticism. This allows for the investigation of reality at a fundamental level of abstraction, scrutinizing the nature of what we refer to as a “category”. This paper specifically investigates the interaction between two products obtained in the dissertation through this methodology, and proposes an assessment of their contact with empirical data from mental activity. The first product is the formula “aesthetics - a tool for data interpretation and expression” - an information framework excluding the classical definition from the computational mechanism. It emerges in art theory. The second is “aesthetics - an element in a definition-based information framework” in neuroaesthetics. Since the research method is domain-agnostic abstract mathematics, this sets the tone for the equal treatment of all information processed in the research, thus prioritizing only the logical coherence of the judgments and their contact with empirical data. Despite the clear functional incompatibility of the two frameworks in a computational aspect, both products deny the existence of art as a domain. In addition, a logical continuity is identified between them. The findings of the study make the case for the emancipation of art theory and practice as a natural-mathematical domain.
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Conference: ECAH2025Stream: Knowledge
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Zlatanova A. (2025) Aesthetics: A Tool or a Thing Thing –Empirical Assessment of Two Incompatible Frameworks ISSN: 2188-1111 – The European Conference on Arts & Humanities 2025: Official Conference Proceedings (pp. 431-445) https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2188-1111.2025.35
To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2188-1111.2025.35
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