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Paleoaesthetics and the Practice of Paleontology (Paperback): Derek D. Turner

Paleoaesthetics and the Practice of Paleontology (Paperback)

Derek D. Turner

Series: Elements in the Philosophy of Biology

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The practice of paleontology has an aesthetic as well as an epistemic dimension. Paleontology has distinctively aesthetic aims, such as cultivating sense of place and developing a better aesthetic appreciation of fossils. Scientific cognitivists in environmental aesthetics argue that scientific knowledge deepens and enhances our appreciation of nature. Drawing on that tradition, this Element argues that knowledge of something's history makes a difference to how we engage with it aesthetically. This means that investigation of the deep past can contribute to aesthetic aims. Aesthetic engagement with fossils and landscapes is also crucial to explaining paleontology's epistemic successes.

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Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Elements in the Philosophy of Biology
Release date: October 2019
Authors: Derek D. Turner
Dimensions: 228 x 150 x 6mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 75
ISBN-13: 978-1-108-72782-2
Categories: Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Metaphysics & ontology
Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > Palaeontology > General
Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Metaphysics & ontology
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LSN: 1-108-72782-4
Barcode: 9781108727822

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