Is the Epistemological position of the Artist important in the Arts as it is in Social Science?

Answer 1

epistemology in the social sciences is used to deconstruct in a theoretical matrix the basis of a particular person's work. As that sociology and phiolosphy are intellectual siamese twins one often finds the roots of a persons work by analysis of the work of contemporaries of the relevant person in comparison to the immediate predecessors of that person. all of which ties back toward the social or philosophical sciences.

(if i create theory and test it, if the test is sucessful in any sense it is sociology. if i write theory, based in other theory, and never test it, i have created philosophy)

Weber responded to Marx and Marx was responding to Hegel and hegelwas in response to kant this leads ever backwards to root out the basis for the knowlege of that author.

this mechanism bring useful insight for those seeking to poke holes in, add to their own, or to do other wise work in the the frame and basis of a major figure in a genre of intellectual endeavor.

in art i have found that epistemologial considerations are more a stamp of genre that a true tool as it is in the social or philosophical sciences

Answer 2

It would depend, I think, on the nature of the artist involved?

For a philosopher it would be highly important if you take the view that epistemology is about "Do you know what you think you know?" the return question of "How do you know what you know?" becomes the basis for their philosophising.

For historians the nature of their knowledge is really what history is about - especially the return question. I mean how do we really know about the past? Are we fully aware of the political and social aspects that made that writing of history acceptable. Histories are continually re-written so where is their basis for knowledge coming from?

However, for an artist in the more tradition sense of somebody who deals with the media of painting, drawing, sculpture it is less of a problem. Their concept of knowing is perhaps a more emotional response to the concept so it is not an aspect that has been fully explored.

I think with the coming digital ages we shall have to re-question our states of knoweldges and the available information will be questioned more than in the past.

Answer 3

. . . the ability to identify true knowledge from false knowledge is equally important in the Arts as in Social Science - and even more so in the pursuit of the ultimate orgasm . . .

Answer 4

Try not to think to much honey.....if you gotta ask then you dont know.

Answer 5

do'nt know about that, but i like the doggy one

Answer 6

who really cares

Answer 7

Probably, then again, probably not.

Answer 8

is the epsi...epsip..what?

Answer 9

is the what of the who where sorry dunno