Aesthetics: Robert Hopkins

Robert Hopkins has written extensively on Aesthetics and Belief. He is the head of department at University of Sheffield.

http://www.shef.ac.uk/philosophy/research/publications/hopkinsr.html

Here is one research paper written by him on Aesthetics and Belief:
http://www.british-aesthetics.org/uploads/Hopkins%20final.pdf

Here's another excellent paper on critical reasoning and aesthetics, where he points out that critical reasoning engenders perceptions and is not useful for the formation of beliefs:
http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/10337/1/Critical_Reasoning_%26_Critical_Perception.pdf