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Gregory Feist

Professor of Psychology at San Jose State University. He is one of the most widely cited scholars in the psychology of creativity as well as the psychology of science. His most recent book is Fundamentals of Psychology: Perspectives & Connections, which he wrote alongside Erika L. Rosenberg.

Professor of Psychology at San Jose State University. He is one of the most widely cited scholars in the psychology of creativity as well as the psychology of science. His most recent book is Fundamentals of Psychology: Perspectives & Connections, which he wrote alongside Erika L. Rosenberg.

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Beauty is not just subjective

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The aesthetics of binge-watching

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Life is not a squid game

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Marx and Nietzsche: how art can save us

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Dustin Stokes,Elliot Samuel Paul

Computer creativity is a matter of agency

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Science fiction is philosophy

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History, fiction and truth

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Art doesn't make us better humans

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Making sense of the world with music

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Arnold Berleant

Unlocking the potential of nature's beauty

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Jonathan Loesberg

Banksy, Beauty and Bananas

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James Tartaglia

Life, Death, and Pacman

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Art and the reality of war

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Human, all too human: why we need antiheroes

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Paula Rego: uncovering hidden truths

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When the Machine Stops

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Peter Carruthers

The crisis of creativity

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Jean-Luc Godard: philosophy and film

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The artist is dead, AI killed them

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The curious case of the upside down Mondrian

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Daft Punk and Metaphysics

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Daydreaming of Apocalypse

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Beauty has always been gender-fluid

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Morality shouldn't matter to artists