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Subject: Re: Beauty?
To which Mike Mallory responded:
I suggest that beauty is a property (type of experience really) of humans
which we perceive (is stimulated by or associated by) in things.
Mike: I am comfortable with the formulation below except for the reference
to "minds" in the first sentence and "feeling" in the second. I would
substitute "mind/body" for "minds" and use a more inclusive term for
"feeling" that would allow for feelings, thoughts, images or just about
anything that would count as subjective state. I believe beauty is a
complex experience. Subjects cover a wide range from sunsets and sculpture
to mathematical proofs and ironic consequences. So, beauty may appear as
primarily emotional or affective, but it may also appear as conceptual and
abstract.
"I suggest that beauty is a type of human experience that arises in our
minds
when we contemplate certain non-notional objects. In other words, 'beauty'
is
a label for a kind of feeling we get, just as 'pain' or 'itching' is."
Mike Mallory
