Aesthetics and nature.

9780826496768

Aesthetics and nature.

Parsons, Glenn.

Continuum Publishing Group

2008

164 pages

$24.95

Paperback

Continuum aesthetics

BH301

As a partial response to the increasingly urgent need to reconsider the relationship between humans and the natural world, Parsons (philosophy, Ryerson U., Canada) explores the appreciation of natural beauty, asking what is involved in it and whether it is ultimately a worthwhile or acceptable way of relating to nature. Among the factors he takes into account are imagination and belief, science, pluralism, the disembodied aesthetic, preservation, nature in the garden, and art in nature.

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