«Evo-Devo meets the mind». La questione dell’esperienza estetica e l’evoluzionismo contemporaneo, dall’ipotesi degli adattamenti modulari all'interpretazione sistemica dell’omologia
Is it achievable to read aesthetic experience as a modular adaptation, and what would be its implication on the image of man, on aesthetics and on evolutionary theory itself? An alternative path is offered by evolutionary morphology, starting from the elaboration of a biologic concept of organism an...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Rosenberg & Sellier
2013-11-01
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| Series: | Rivista di Estetica |
| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/estetica/1445 |
| Summary: | Is it achievable to read aesthetic experience as a modular adaptation, and what would be its implication on the image of man, on aesthetics and on evolutionary theory itself? An alternative path is offered by evolutionary morphology, starting from the elaboration of a biologic concept of organism and from the notion of homology of function as a system of interconnections organized in a hierarchy. We deduce the possibility of thinking the peculiar innovation of aesthetic experience in an evolutionary way. |
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| ISSN: | 0035-6212 2421-5864 |