The Beauty of Organisms : Biological Aesthetics Between Darwin and Portmann

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Výsledek na webu

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The Beauty of Organisms : Biological Aesthetics Between Darwin and Portmann

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This chapter will deal with one of Adolf Portmann’s most characteristic topics – the aesthetic dimension of nature. Throughout his work, Portmann con-stantly draws attention to our inability to explain the richness and beauty of living forms solely through their functionality, usefulness, and fitness, as neo-Darwinism does. However, the neo-Darwinian interpretation of aesthetic phenomena in nature is very different from Darwin’s own thinking about the realm of organismal beauty. This chapter analyses Portmann’s arguments in this area as well as some parallels to Darwin’s while also analysing some misunderstandings, some of which were rooted in contemporary science. In some respects, Darwin was even more radical than Portmann, compared to neo-Darwinism. This chapter will show that, in the case of aesthetic phenomena in nature, there is a trilateral discussion between Portmann, (neo-) Darwinism and Darwin rather than a Portmann-Darwin opposition.

Název v anglickém jazyce

The Beauty of Organisms : Biological Aesthetics Between Darwin and Portmann

Popis výsledku anglicky

This chapter will deal with one of Adolf Portmann’s most characteristic topics – the aesthetic dimension of nature. Throughout his work, Portmann con-stantly draws attention to our inability to explain the richness and beauty of living forms solely through their functionality, usefulness, and fitness, as neo-Darwinism does. However, the neo-Darwinian interpretation of aesthetic phenomena in nature is very different from Darwin’s own thinking about the realm of organismal beauty. This chapter analyses Portmann’s arguments in this area as well as some parallels to Darwin’s while also analysing some misunderstandings, some of which were rooted in contemporary science. In some respects, Darwin was even more radical than Portmann, compared to neo-Darwinism. This chapter will show that, in the case of aesthetic phenomena in nature, there is a trilateral discussion between Portmann, (neo-) Darwinism and Darwin rather than a Portmann-Darwin opposition.

Druh

C - Kapitola v odborné knize

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60101 - History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2021

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název knihy nebo sborníku

Adolf Portmann : A Thinker of Self-Expressive Life

ISBN

9783030678098

Počet stran výsledku

20

Strana od-do

221-240

Počet stran knihy

273

Název nakladatele

Springer

Místo vydání

Cham

Kód UT WoS kapitoly

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