Hi Ant, specifically you may be interested that thare are also quite a number of (positive) references to multiple published works of your mate Ernst Gombrich in the Boyd book.
Proving a very interesting (if dense and long) tome. Strange style - thousands of endnotes - only indexed in the text - no actual debate / discussion of the referenced works - just a huge compilation of this is what happened, how and why it works - effectively a narrative of assertions assembled from the meticulously researched references. I'll blog some review comments at some point. Regards Ian On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 8:43 PM, Ant McWatt <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ian Glendinning stated January 19th 2010: > >> I'm reading Brian Boyd "On the Origin of Stories" at the moment, most >> of which so far is on the history of arts generally from a natural >> evolutionary perspective. > > > Ant McWatt says: > > Ian, > > That's an interesting reference especially with its mention of Homer's > "Odyssey". For anyone else interested here is part of the publisher's > summary: > > > On the Origin of Stories > > Evolution,Cognition, and Fiction > > > Brian Boyd > > A century and a half after the publication of Origin of Species, evolutionary > thinking has expanded beyond the field of biology to include virtually all > human-related subjects—anthropology, archeology, psychology, economics, > religion, morality, politics, culture, and art. Now a distinguished scholar > offers the first comprehensive account of the evolutionary origins of art and > storytelling. Brian Boyd explains why we tell stories, how our minds are > shaped > to understand them, and what difference an evolutionary understanding of human > nature makes to stories we love... > > After considering art as adaptation, Boyd examines Homer’s Odyssey and Dr. > Seuss’s > Horton Hears a Who! demonstrating how an evolutionary lens can offer new > understanding and appreciation of specific works. What triggers our emotional > engagement with these works? What patterns facilitate our responses? The need > to > hold an audience’s attention, Boyd underscores, is the fundamental problem > facing > all storytellers. Enduring artists arrive at solutions that appeal to > cognitive > universals: an insight out of step with contemporary criticism, which obscures > both the individual and universal. > > http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/BOYORI.html > > > > . > > _________________________________________________________________ > Do you have a story that started on Hotmail? Tell us now > http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/ > 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/
