Van Goghove cipele: hermeneutičko iskustvo umjetničkog djela
Van Gogh’s Shoes: Hermeneutic Experience of Work of Art

Summary/Abstract: In this paper I analyze the consequences of Schapiro`s critique of Heidegger`s hermeneutic reflection on the essence of art. In his investigation of the origin of the shoes painted by van Gogh – this particular painting was used by Heidegger in his hermeneutic analysis and the establishment of hermeneutics (interpretation) as a legitimate approach to art – Schapiro concludes that Heidegger`s thesis is incorrect. In this paper I argue that Schapiro`s critique does not render obsolete Heidegger`s thesis on the essence of art, and that interpretation cannot be excluded from any speculative reflection. In the argumentation I follow both Heidegger`s philosophy and the contemporary research of neuroscience and the philosophy of mind.

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