TY - JOUR
T1 - The urge to judge
T2 - Why the judgmental attitude has anything to do with the aesthetic enjoyment of negative emotions
AU - Brattico, Elvira
AU - Vuust, Peter
PY - 2017/1/1
Y1 - 2017/1/1
N2 - Based on arguments from both philosophical and empirical aesthetics, we hereby propose that the enjoyment of negative emotions in art and fiction is distinct from the immediate pleasure deriving from sensory features, because it requires a conscious, intentional attitude toward the object. This attitude is linked with the compelling goal of providing a judgment of liking, beauty, perfection, or similar.
AB - Based on arguments from both philosophical and empirical aesthetics, we hereby propose that the enjoyment of negative emotions in art and fiction is distinct from the immediate pleasure deriving from sensory features, because it requires a conscious, intentional attitude toward the object. This attitude is linked with the compelling goal of providing a judgment of liking, beauty, perfection, or similar.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85049190178&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/S0140525X17001613
DO - 10.1017/S0140525X17001613
M3 - Editorial
C2 - 29342780
SN - 0140-525X
VL - 40
SP - e353
JO - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
JF - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
M1 - 353
ER -