La cornacchia e l’albero. Biologia dell’esperienza estetica

That non-human animals show genuine aesthetic experiences is (yet?) controversial. On the contrary, it seems that there is no doubt that human animal can do it. In this paper, however, we ask whether Homo sapiens has actually the biological capacity to make a truly aesthetic experience. The starting...

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Main Author: Felice Cimatti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Rosenberg & Sellier 2013-11-01
Series:Rivista di Estetica
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/estetica/1434
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description That non-human animals show genuine aesthetic experiences is (yet?) controversial. On the contrary, it seems that there is no doubt that human animal can do it. In this paper, however, we ask whether Homo sapiens has actually the biological capacity to make a truly aesthetic experience. The starting point for this analysis is the most important characteristic of the human species, the innate faculty of language. If you take into account the relationship between human body/mind and language is not at all obvious that Homo sapiens could really prove a genuine aesthetic experience. On the contrary, such an experience would be biologically available only to non-human animals.
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spelling doaj.art-a74f6b6dc4cc472c82a87177a3303e5c2022-12-21T18:26:36ZengRosenberg & SellierRivista di Estetica0035-62122421-58642013-11-0154274110.4000/estetica.1434La cornacchia e l’albero. Biologia dell’esperienza esteticaFelice CimattiThat non-human animals show genuine aesthetic experiences is (yet?) controversial. On the contrary, it seems that there is no doubt that human animal can do it. In this paper, however, we ask whether Homo sapiens has actually the biological capacity to make a truly aesthetic experience. The starting point for this analysis is the most important characteristic of the human species, the innate faculty of language. If you take into account the relationship between human body/mind and language is not at all obvious that Homo sapiens could really prove a genuine aesthetic experience. On the contrary, such an experience would be biologically available only to non-human animals.http://journals.openedition.org/estetica/1434
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La cornacchia e l’albero. Biologia dell’esperienza estetica
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title La cornacchia e l’albero. Biologia dell’esperienza estetica
title_full La cornacchia e l’albero. Biologia dell’esperienza estetica
title_fullStr La cornacchia e l’albero. Biologia dell’esperienza estetica
title_full_unstemmed La cornacchia e l’albero. Biologia dell’esperienza estetica
title_short La cornacchia e l’albero. Biologia dell’esperienza estetica
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