Most of us share the belief that the experience of fine art is an ephemeral and highly subjective undertaking. However, what if there was a cognitive framework to the experience, one that is the same as that for science, math, engineering, and languages? According the author, Wes Raykowski, the conceptual understructure that guides the full range of human expressions is actually a single pattern.

This bold and novel approach to cognitive science is the topic of his published doctoral thesis, Conceptual Understructure of Human Experience. Now, the author offers a companion volume...