Art Moral Epistemology Psychotherapy

David Davies has offered a proposal that explains the possibilities of cognitive contribution of art, by identifying some artworks with thought experiments. Artworks in such cases contribute to the development of knowledge by reworking pieces of knowledge that individuals already have. James Young has indicated the distinctive way of artistic representa-tion. Based on these results, in this article the cognitive contribution of artworks is analyzed primarily through the possibilities of understanding abstract moral principles. There is an empirical confirmation for such a cognitive contribution in the experience of psychotherapy that indicates that illustrative representations, such as those in narrative artworks, can cause changes in the attitudes of individuals that are not possible by direct messages.