Louis-José Lestocart's New Book Proposes a Transdisciplinary Aesthetic Theory

Louis-José Lestocart's latest book, "L'intelligible connaissance esthétique," presents a hermeneutic approach to aesthetic feeling, building on his previous work "Entendre l'esthétique dans ses complexités." The author develops a new aesthetic theory grounded in a transdisciplinary theory of knowledge that incorporates insights from the sciences, including quantum physics, mathematics, and neuroscience. Lestocart critiques computational thinking while defending reflexivity and complexity. He draws on Nietzsche's philosophical singularity, which integrates Naturphilosophie, biology, and thermodynamics to forge the concept of Eternal Return. Valéry's notion of the self, with its triad of body/mind/world and equivalences between forms of thought and the world, is also cited. The sensible and the intelligible are presented as intertwined through the power and complexity of perception and cognition. The book was published in 2010.