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Art-Making as Problem-Solving: A Computational Philosophy of Art

Art-Making as Problem-Solving: A Computational Philosophy of Art

Chen, Melvin

Hardcover

PhilosophyArt Criticism & TheoryGeneral Computers

ISBN10: 3031906381
ISBN13: 9783031906381
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: Aug 19 2025
Pages: 185
Weight: 0.87
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English

What is art-making? What is it in virtue of which an artifact counts as a work of art? In this book, Melvin Chen contends that art-making is best understood in the context of problem-solving. Works of art are various ways in which artists solve problems and overcome obstacles, while typically exhibiting creative thinking. Using the theory of problem-solving, its theoretical milieu, and various philosophical tools, Chen builds a robust, coherent, and consistent computationalist approach to art-making and the production of works of art. This computationalist approach to art-making and the production of works of art, in turn, is articulated against the backdrop of an information-theoretic philosophy of art. This computationalist approach takes discussions in the philosophy of art into the twenty-first century.

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