Ioannis Xenakis ^new

The thesis proposed a naturalized conception of aesthetic emotions that emerge in interactive uncertainty as normative functions, which are available to the agent in order to assign values to the dynamic presuppositions of interaction. These values influence the anticipatory system of the agent aiding the fulfillment of his goal. Aesthetic values are considered as functional indications that strengthen or weaken the anticipation for the resolution of the dynamic uncertainty emerged in the specific interaction. Such values are proposed to lead to problemsolving mechanisms, which help the agent to reconstruct new interactive plans. This means that aesthetic emotions influence the process of action selection through which the agent forms such interactive anticipations that come from those tendencies to act. Therefore, the aesthetic emotions affect the dynamic and flexible action patterns of the agent, namely, its emergent representations and aesthetic meanings.