Recent studies have shown how aesthetics can be positively investigated from an evolutionary point of view. Following this line, the present essay sets to study a new relationship between food and evolutionary aesthetics from a specific angle: I put forward the thesis that the approach with food one has in early childhood is part of the birth of an aesthetic attitude. With this, I mean that the set of taste preferences children develop is a pleasure that can be seen as an aesthetic pleasure. This pleasure –- which I call here naked pleasure – is an inextricable nexus of need, enjoyment, and affection. Beyond scientific investigations showing the importance of early nutrition (especially breast milk) for health, there are many other evidence...
The purpose of the present research is to identify the experience-related mechanisms which induce th...
The title of Denis Dutton’s recent book is meant to provoke. How could talking about instincts shed ...
This essay discusses four definitions of beauty from Western philosophy in light of recent experimen...
Taste preferences influence not only the formation of human health, but also many areas of his life....
What is the origin and meaning of our aesthetic sense? Is it genetically encoded or is it culturally...
Scores of sociological studies have provided evidence for the association between broad cultural tas...
Evolutionary Aesthetics emerges today as a young and lively field of studies whose main aim is to re...
The aim of this paper is to sketch a framework for perceiving the act of consumption as an aesthetic...
Evolutionary Aesthetics emerges today as a young and lively field of studies whose main aim is to re...
Human aesthetic preferences towards a certain landscape type, a certain bodily traits of the opposit...
Recent attempts, naturalistically inspired, to re-interpret the aesthetic and the arts beyond the an...
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The article discusses issues related to the early stages of the formation of food behavior, which ar...
P(論文)This article is one of series that review psychological studies about eating behavior in humans...
The sense of taste is stimulated when nutrients or other chemical compounds activate specialized rec...
The purpose of the present research is to identify the experience-related mechanisms which induce th...
The title of Denis Dutton’s recent book is meant to provoke. How could talking about instincts shed ...
This essay discusses four definitions of beauty from Western philosophy in light of recent experimen...
Taste preferences influence not only the formation of human health, but also many areas of his life....
What is the origin and meaning of our aesthetic sense? Is it genetically encoded or is it culturally...
Scores of sociological studies have provided evidence for the association between broad cultural tas...
Evolutionary Aesthetics emerges today as a young and lively field of studies whose main aim is to re...
The aim of this paper is to sketch a framework for perceiving the act of consumption as an aesthetic...
Evolutionary Aesthetics emerges today as a young and lively field of studies whose main aim is to re...
Human aesthetic preferences towards a certain landscape type, a certain bodily traits of the opposit...
Recent attempts, naturalistically inspired, to re-interpret the aesthetic and the arts beyond the an...
Présentation confidentielle. Un article est prévu en complément de la conférence.International audie...
The article discusses issues related to the early stages of the formation of food behavior, which ar...
P(論文)This article is one of series that review psychological studies about eating behavior in humans...
The sense of taste is stimulated when nutrients or other chemical compounds activate specialized rec...
The purpose of the present research is to identify the experience-related mechanisms which induce th...
The title of Denis Dutton’s recent book is meant to provoke. How could talking about instincts shed ...
This essay discusses four definitions of beauty from Western philosophy in light of recent experimen...