Evolutionary Aesthetics
Evolutionary Aesthetics is the attempt to understand the aesthetic judgement of human beings and their spontaneous distinction between "beauty" and "ugliness" as a biologically adapted ability to make important decisions in life. The hypothesis is - both in the area of "natu...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2003, 2003
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2003 |
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- I The Problem
- Darwinian Aesthetics Informs Traditional Aesthetics
- II From Is to Beauty — From Perception to Cognition
- The Beauties and the Beautiful — Some Considerations from the Perspective of Neuronal Aesthetics
- The Role of Evolved Perceptual Biases in Art and Design
- From Sign and Schema to Iconic Representation. Evolutionary Aesthetics of Pictorial Art
- III The Fitness of Beauty — Aesthetics and Adaptation
- Beauty and Sex Appeal: Sexual Selection of Aesthetic Preferences
- Beyond Nature Versus Culture: A Multiple Fitness Analysis of Variations in Grooming
- Aesthetic Preferences in the World of Artifacts — Adaptations for the Evaluation of Honest Signals?
- Handaxes: The First Aesthetic Artefacts
- IV Modular Aesthetics
- Human Habitat Preferences: A Generative Territory for Evolutionary Aesthetics Research
- Bodies in Motion: A Window to the Soul
- Perfumes
- Do Women Have Evolved Adaptation for Extra-Pair Copulation?