Tone Roald

Passivity in Aesthetic Experience: Husserlian and Enactive Perspectives

Journal of Aesthetics and Phenomenology January 2, 2019 Simon Høffding, Tone Roald 14 citations

This paper argues that the Husserlian notion of “passive synthesis” can make a substantial contribution to the understanding of aesthetic experience. The argument is based on two empirical cases of qualitative interview material obtained from museum visitors and a world-renowned string quartet, which show that aesthetic experience contains an irreducible dimension of passive undergoing and...