: Stephen Davies
: Artful Species Aesthetics, Art, and Evolution
: OUP Oxford
: 9780191633119
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: CHF 6.60
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: Philosophie, Religion
: English
Stephen Davies presents a fascinating exploration of the idea that art, and our aesthetic sensibilities more generally, should be understood as an element in human evolution. He asks: Do animals have aesthetics? Do our aesthetic preferences have prehistoric roots? Is art universal? What is the biological role of aesthetic and artistic behaviour?