Aesthetics, Mind, and Nature: A Communication Approach to the Unity of Matter and Consciousness Contributor(s): Minai, Asghar (Author) |
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ISBN: 0275942961 ISBN-13: 9780275942960 Publisher: Praeger OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 1993 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Aesthetics - Psychology - Architecture |
Dewey: 111.85 |
LCCN: 92036548 |
Lexile Measure: 1500 |
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.32" W x 9.64" (1.51 lbs) 352 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Minai develops the idea that an aesthetic value is not necessarily an objective value reasoned by rationality. Beauty is a matter of chance and necessity in the nature of things, a matter of the order of things and the circumstances of their interconnections, or predictable and unpredictable forces. To know such a complex system we need to establish a view of phenomenology and hermeneutics, a world view where bad and good and ugly and beautiful are part of a continuum of changes and differences. In that world view, it is essential to have an understanding of mind, nature, and the epistemology of knowing. |