Thanks Marsha - just ordered it!
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of MarshaV Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 1:52 AM To: MD Forum Subject: [MD] Book: Art Instinct Book: The Art Instinct: Beauty, Pleasure, and Human Evolution "A lot of what counts as philosophy," he said, "is explaining and justifying fundamental human intuitions," including "intuitions about the beautiful and the ugly." The problem has been that philosophy "doesn't ask where the intuitions come from. ... Human nature is a traditional philosophic topic, but let's face it, a lot of it is uninformed armchair speculation by people who just happen to be geniuses: Hobbes, Mill, Kant.:\" http://www.mercurynews.com/books/ci_11690473 Amazon Customer Review: " (1) gives direct pleasure; (2)exhibits skill and virtuosity; (3) novelty and creativity; (4) style; (5) ability to evoke criticism; (6) representation; (7) special focus; (8) expressive individuality; (9) emotional saturation; (10) intellectually challenging; follows artistic traditions; (12) imaginitive experience." http://www.amazon.com/Art-Instinct-Beauty-Pleasure-Evolution/dp/1596914017/r ef=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1236322079&sr=1-1 . _____________ Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars......... . . Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
