# Perception, Cognition and Aesthetics Edited **Opening (not a real abstract):** This volume addresses key questions related to how content in thought is derived from perceptual experience. It includes chapters that focus on single issues on perception and cognition, as well as others that relate these issues to an important social construct that involves both perceptual experience and cognitive activities: aesthetics. While the volume includes many diverse views, several prominent themes unite the individual essays: a challenge to the notion of the discrete and non-temporal unit of perception, a challenge to the traditional divide between perception and cognition and a challenge to the traditional divide between unconscious and conscious intentionality. Additionally, the chapters discuss the content of perceptual experience, the value of traditional notions of content, **Authors:** [[Dena Shottenkirk, Manuel Curado and Steven S. Gouveia]]