That's it for the republishing of the old posts, for now at least. If you read the posts on art and/or metaphor, I hope you enjoyed them, and maybe even learned something. For administrative purposes, I'm including links to all 8 posts here:
Cognitive Science of Art
- Goals and Motivations of Neuroaesthetics
- Ramachandran's 10 Principles of Art, Principles 1-3
- Ramachandran's 10 Principles of Art, Principles 4-10
- Beauty and the Brain
Metaphor
- A Brief History of Metaphors in Cognitive Science
- "Metaphor Is Like Analogy"
- Metaphor Is Categorization
- The Reckoning
UPDATE: Thanks to The Neurocritic, I've discovered that the metaphor posts are best read while listening to "Metaphor" by Sparks.
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