The Updike quote is a good one, Artsy6. I count myself as a dualist too, but we dualists are confronted by intricate questions that Updike doesn't tackle here. (E.g. we tend to accept that our brain neurons in some way affect our consciousness. But does consciousness have any causal effect on neurons? Our subjective impression is that an "awareness" can cause a subsequent awareness: e.g. we "know" we shouldn't do XXX; we do XXX anyway; we then feel guilt. Or: as we hear a joke, we grasp the humor, and we feel levity. Precisely where is the Updike quote from?)
Alas, your question does not feel equally worthy or interesting because of the vagueness and multiplicity of the notions occasioned by the word 'art'. Are you thinking of the activity of creating an object? Of the impression as we contemplate a creative work. Of the object itself. etc. In a message dated 5/16/12 5:52:08 AM, [email protected] writes: > Is that the realm of...................art?: > > - When we try in good faith to believe in materialism, in the exclusive > reality of the physical, we are asking our selves to step aside; we are > disavowing the very realm where we exist and where all things precious are > kept -- the realm of emotion and conscience, of memory and intention and > sensation. > > Updike
