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*What if the category we call "the arts" is too broad to help us understand important patterns in human thought and expression?*
Justin Barrett suggests that future research may move beyond treating art as a single category and instead identify more fine-grained patterns connecting artistic expression with other forms of human activity. He argues that such an approach could reveal connections that current categories may obscure.
0:00 A Different Future for Art
0:55 Why "The Arts" May Be the Wrong Category
2:08 Looking Beyond Traditional Labels
3:12 Unlocking Human Potential
4:06 Can Science Improve Art?
*Justin L. Barrett* is Director of the Thrive Center for Human Development and Professor of Psychology at Fuller Graduate School of Psychology. He previously held a post as senior researcher of the Centre for Anthropology and Mind at Oxford University.
*More from Justin Barrett on Closer To Truth:*
* Art Seeking Understanding - Closer To Truth - Core Topic: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFJr3pJl27pKhXbGNemPBfdv1maRou5P2
* Soul in Indigenous Religions: loc.closertotruth.com/theory/soul-in-indigenous-religions
* Closer To Truth contributors: closertotruth.com/contributor/justin-barrett
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*What if the category we call "the arts" is too broad to help us understand important patterns in human thought and expression?*
Justin Barrett suggests that future research may move beyond treating art as a single category and instead identify more fine-grained patterns connecting artistic expression with other forms of human activity. He argues that such an approach could reveal connections that current categories may obscure.
0:00 A Different Future for Art
0:55 Why "The Arts" May Be the Wrong Category
2:08 Looking Beyond Traditional Labels
3:12 Unlocking Human Potential
4:06 Can Science Improve Art?
*Justin L. Barrett* is Director of the Thrive Center for Human Development and Professor of Psychology at Fuller Graduate School of Psychology. He previously held a post as senior researcher of the Centre for Anthropology and Mind at Oxford University.
*More from Justin Barrett on Closer To Truth:*
* Art Seeking Understanding - Closer To Truth - Core Topic: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFJr3pJl27pKhXbGNemPBfdv1maRou5P2
* Soul in Indigenous Religions: loc.closertotruth.com/theory/soul-in-indigenous-religions
* Closer To Truth contributors: closertotruth.com/contributor/justin-barrett
*Subscribe to Closer To Truth:* youtube.com/@CloserToTruthTV
*Join the Community:*
* Membership (5,000+ videos): closertotruth.com/register
* Audio Podcast: closertotruth.podbean.com
* Support the Show: closertotruth.com/donate
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Closer To Truth, hosted by Robert Lawrence Kuhn and directed by Peter Getzels, presents the world’s greatest thinkers exploring humanity’s deepest questions. Discover fundamental issues of existence. Engage new and diverse ways of thinking. Appreciate intense debates. Share your own opinions. Seek your own answers.
#CloserToTruth #JustinBarrett #Art #Creativity #CognitiveScience
