title: Fechner revisited: towards an inclusive approach to aesthetics.
abstract: Accepting Bullot & Reber's (B&R's) criteria for art appreciation would confine the study of aesthetics to those works for which historical information is available, mainly post-eighteenth-century Western "high art." We reject their contention that "correct" artistic understanding is limited to experts with detailed knowledge or education in art, which implies a narrowly elitist conception of aesthetics. Scientific aesthetics must be broadly inclusive.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cognitive Biology, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria. tecumseh.fitch@univie.ac.at
authors.forename: W Tecumseh
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Fitch
authors.forename: Gesche
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Westphal-Fitch
mesh_terms: D001154:Art / Q000266:history*; D003071:Cognition; D004954:Esthetics / Q000266:history* / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D011582:Psychological Theory; D011584:Psychology / Q000379:methods*