A philosopher makes the case for thinking of works of art as tools for investigating ourselves In Strange Tools: Art and Human Nature , the philosopher and cognitive scientist Alva Noe argues that our obsession with works of art has gotten in the way of understanding how art works on us.
Art isn\'t just something to look at o.
For Noe, art isn\'t a phenomenon in need of an explanation but a mode of research, a method of investigating what makes us human--a Strange tool.
A philosopher makes the case for thinking of works of art as tools for investigating ourselves In Strange Tools: Art and Human Nature , the philosopher and cognitive scientist Alva Noe argues that our obsession with works of art has gotten in the way of understanding how art works on us
