Darwinian Beauty
Abstract It is not always considered that the discussion about the objective or subjective nature of beauty occurred partly in natural history, within the framework of the Darwinian revolution. The approaches of many pre-Darwinian naturalists assumed the existence of absolute standards of beauty. Th...
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| description | Abstract It is not always considered that the discussion about the objective or subjective nature of beauty occurred partly in natural history, within the framework of the Darwinian revolution. The approaches of many pre-Darwinian naturalists assumed the existence of absolute standards of beauty. This idea was a presupposition in some versions of the great chain of being and in the idea that beauty was an objective characteristic of creation that could explain the possession of many traits of organisms. In this paper I will show how Darwin explicitly confronted both views throughout his work. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-87b73b66877c4bc49d6d3d0bb07fbf6f2023-10-24T07:47:47ZengUniversidade Estadual de CampinasManuscrito2317-630X2023-10-0146410.1590/0100-6045.2023.v46n4.sgDarwinian BeautySantiago Ginnobilihttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5375-965XAbstract It is not always considered that the discussion about the objective or subjective nature of beauty occurred partly in natural history, within the framework of the Darwinian revolution. The approaches of many pre-Darwinian naturalists assumed the existence of absolute standards of beauty. This idea was a presupposition in some versions of the great chain of being and in the idea that beauty was an objective characteristic of creation that could explain the possession of many traits of organisms. In this paper I will show how Darwin explicitly confronted both views throughout his work.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-60452023000400402&lng=en&tlng=enCharles DarwinBeautychain of beingfunctional biologysexual selection |
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| title | Darwinian Beauty |
| title_full | Darwinian Beauty |
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| title_short | Darwinian Beauty |
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| topic | Charles Darwin Beauty chain of being functional biology sexual selection |
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