Danish Research Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre, Kettegaards Allé 30, DK-2650 Hvidovre, Denmark.
Center for Decision Neuroscience, Copenhagen Business School, Solbjerg Plads 3, DK-2000 Frederiksberg C, Denmark.
Rev Neurosci. 2018 Aug 28;29(6):699-702. doi: 10.1515/revneuro-2017-0085.
The assumption that human cognition requires exceptional explanations holds strong in some domains of behavioral and brain sciences. Scientific aesthetics in general, and neuroaesthetics in particular, abound with claims for art-specific cognitive or neural processes. This assumption fosters a conceptual structure disconnected from other fields and biases the sort of processes to be studied. More generally, assuming that art is special is to cling to the idea that some aspect of our species' mental constitution makes us unique, special, and meaningful. This assumption continues to relegate scientific aesthetics to the periphery of science and hampers a naturalized view of the human mind.
在行为科学和脑科学的某些领域，人们强烈认为人类认知需要特殊的解释。一般来说，科学美学，尤其是神经美学，充斥着对艺术特有的认知或神经过程的主张。这种假设助长了一种与其他领域脱节的概念结构，并影响了要研究的过程类型。更普遍地说，假设艺术是特殊的，就是坚持认为我们物种的精神构成的某些方面使我们独一无二、特殊和有意义。这种假设继续将科学美学置于科学的边缘，并阻碍了对人类思维的自然化观点。
