Communication, Knowledge, and Art in Dewey?s Philosophy

HAUBERT, LAURA ELIZIA

Pittisburgh

Conferencia; 5th Biennial Philosophy of Communication Conference: Pragmatism; 2022

Duquesne University

In Art as Experience Dewey depicts the links between art, communication and knowledge. He maintains that art is the most effective form of communication (Dewey 1934, LW 10; Crick, 2004), being a particular mode of knowledge. Such knowledge, however, should not be assimilated to scientific or philosophical knowledge, because it is qualitatively diverse (Dewey 1934, LW 10; Ryder, 2011). Within this framework, this work explores these issues of Dewey's argument, attempting to clarify how the links among these elements -art, knowledge and communication- work. The presentation is divided into three parts: first, whether or not art is a form of knowledge; second, if it is knowledge, what kind of knowledge it is; and in the third place, how this knowledge is transmitted/communicated through works of art.