. These strategies include “thick explanation” (which combines everyday and scientific psychology) and the “triangulation” of knowledge from experience, psychological theory, and neuroscientific data. In the second part of the book, I focus on the role of
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Katherine Thomson-Jones
a number of historical and contemporary debates that help Smith characterize the core commitments of a naturalized aesthetics. These include commitments to so-called thick explanation, theory construction over conceptual analysis, and attention to
Gianni Barchiesi, Laura T. Di Summa, Joseph G. Kickasola, and Peter Verstraten
pursuit of the goal of the thick explanation that is favored by scholars working within cognitivist traditions. 1 Another note, similar in tone to the one above, addresses the book's underexplained major reliance on a canon of works made of films , here