Abstract
Is there anything "new" in such an "old" discipline as philosophical aesthetics? In recent years, aesthetics has been much discussed outside philosophy, by psychologists, biologists, and neuroscientists. They have been searching for the reason why works of art are so powerful and what the relation is between art and happy life.
Has their research had any impact on philosophical aesthetics? In this book, Tereza Hadravova connects philosophical reflection of art with experimental research.