The animal only fashions things according to the standards and needs of the species it belongs to, whereas man knows how to produce according to the measure of every species and knows everywhere how to apply its inherent standard to the object: thus man also fashions things according to the laws of beauty. Karl Marx … More Agriculture and Aesthetics
Natural selection is the process organisms adapt to their environment to give them a better chance at survival. Though he proposed and defended this theory, Charles Darwin did not believe it could explain everything. That’s why he also proposed sexual selection, by which he meant that females choose the most appealing males and males evolve … More Extravagant Evolution
It has become increasingly common to use the word ‘aesthetics’ when really talking about art. While it is true that many works of art are beautiful or have other aesthetic properties, most people claim to deny that aesthetics is a necessary component of art. One just has to think about Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain (1917); he claimed … More Aesthetics Versus Philosophy of Art
When gas prices rise, people become less inclined to simply go for a drive that doesn’t have a specific purpose other than its own delight. But one kind of drive that doesn’t serve any practical purposes that people regularly take (each fall) is a trip to see autumn foliage. People from suburbs and cities alike … More Leaf-Peeping: The Search for the Aesthetic
