[MD] Book: Art Instinct

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Book:  The Art Instinct: Beauty, Pleasure, and Human Evolution

"A lot of what counts as philosophy," he said, "is explaining and 
justifying fundamental human intuitions," including "intuitions about 
the beautiful and the ugly." The problem has been that philosophy 
"doesn't ask where the intuitions come from. ... Human nature is a 
traditional philosophic topic, but let's face it, a lot of it is 
uninformed armchair speculation by people who just happen to be 
geniuses: Hobbes, Mill, Kant.:\"


  http://www.mercurynews.com/books/ci_11690473



Amazon Customer Review:

" (1) gives direct pleasure; (2)exhibits skill and virtuosity; (3) 
novelty and creativity; (4) style; (5) ability to evoke criticism; 
(6) representation; (7) special focus; (8) expressive individuality; 
(9) emotional saturation; (10) intellectually challenging; follows 
artistic traditions; (12) imaginitive experience."

http://www.amazon.com/Art-Instinct-Beauty-Pleasure-Evolution/dp/1596914017/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1236322079&sr=1-1 









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