Paleoaesthetics and the Practice of Paleontology

ISBN-13: 9781108727822 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 75 str.

Derek D. Turner

Opis

Argues that knowledge of something's history makes a difference to how we engage with it aesthetically.

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. Paleoaesthetics; 3. Historical cognitivism; 4. Aesthetic-epistemic feedback effects; 5. Functional morphology as aesthetic engagement; 6. Explaining historical scientific success; 7. Fossils as epistemic tools and aesthetic things; 8. The dinosaur phylogeny debate; 9. Why are dinosaurs always fighting?; 10. Conclusion.