An Essay on Beauty: Some Implications of Beauty in the Natural World

Abstract. The beauty of the universe presented by modern science under the positivist approach is regarded as sufficiently great that human contemplative capabilities are exceeded. An example of bottom-up viewing is presented and described as capable of producing levels of excitement best described...

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Main Author: Shotwell, Thomas K. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 1992
In: Zygon
Year: 1992, Volume: 27, Issue: 4, Pages: 479-490
Further subjects:B Beauty
B Positivism
B Logical Positivism
B Evolution
B Cosmology
B Reductionism
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