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Morfologia estetica. Qualche riflessione su forma e funzione in estetica alla luce della teoria dell’evoluzione

open access: yesStudi di Estetica, 2015
Focusing on the link between the actual biotheoretical thinking and the morphological tradition in the Twentieth Century, this paper aims at examining the relationship between form and function in the contemporary evolutionary aesthetics.
Salvatore Tedesco
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Experimental test for a co-evolutionary hotspot in a host–parasite interaction

open access: yes, 2008
Observation: Two independent experiments have shown that freshwater snails (Potamopyrgus antipodarum) collected from the shallow-water margins of a lake are more susceptible to infection by a trematode worm (Microphallus sp.) than snails collected from ...
Dybdahl, Mark F. (author)   +3 more
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The aesthetic sublime of megaproject structures: A framework and a research agenda

open access: yesEuropean Management Review, EarlyView.
Abstract The physical structures of megaprojects—such as mega‐canals, metros, railway lines, bridges, tunnels, and iconic opera houses—hold a profound capacity to generate aesthetic experiences with enduring societal impact. Yet, research on megaprojects has predominantly focused on functionality and economic rationale with aesthetics being pushed to ...
Federica De Molli   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reviews & Comments

open access: yesAisthesis, 2015
Books Christy Mag Uidhir (ed.), Art and Abstract Objects [Elisa Caldarola, p. 182] • Julie Jaffee Nagel, Melodies of the Mind. Connections Between Psychoanalisis and Music [Michele Gardini, p. 185] • Dominic McIver Lopes, Beyond Art [Filippo Focosi, p.
a cura di Mariagrazia Portera
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Evolutionary inspirations in aesthetics and their consequences

open access: yes, 2014
Głównym celem artykułu jest próba przyjrzenia się nurtom w estetyce inspirowanym ewolucją Darwinowską, takim jak estetyka ewolucyjna (reprezentowana przez Denisa Duttona), estetyka pragmatyczna (reprezentowana przez Johna Deweya) i posthumanizm w ...
Chudoba, Ewa
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Effects of repeated exposure to ozonated water on hair fibre structure and integrity: Part I

open access: yesInternational Journal of Cosmetic Science, EarlyView.
Repeated exposure to ozonated water caused cumulative oxidative changes in hair, altering structural integrity, thermal behaviour and mechanical properties. The findings reveal a distinct ozone‐induced damage profile that progresses beyond the cuticle, challenging claims of hair‐revitalizing benefits. Abstract Objective Ozone has recently been marketed
Pedro Augusto Laurindo Igreja Marrafa   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Applied Theatre: Aesthetics

open access: yes, 2015
Applied Theatre: Aesthetics re-examines how the idea of 'the aesthetic' is relevant to performance in social settings. The disinterestedness that traditional aesthetics claims as a key characteristic of art makes little sense when making performances ...
White, Gareth
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On the Emergence of Aesthetic Illusion An Evolutionary Perspective [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This contribution outlines the evolutionary history of aesthetic illusion, drawing on both its biological and its cultural evolution. Unlike other 'biocultural' accounts of human behaviour, however, the present considerations strictly distinguish between these two processes by resorting to the system-theoretical reformulation of evolutionary theory as ...
openaire   +1 more source

The gendered impact of time on inclusion in African organizations: A systematic literature review

open access: yesInternational Journal of Management Reviews, EarlyView.
Abstract Management and organization research has paid limited attention to how gender, time and organizational dynamics intersect, particularly in shaping gender equality and inclusion. The extant literature also remains largely western‐centric in its focus on the conceptualizations of time and gendered time use.
Hakeem Adeniyi Ajonbadi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Eros as the Meeting of Ecstasies in Christ: The Eucharistic Link between Divine and Human Love in Dionysius the Areopagite

open access: yesInternational Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract Dionysius's vision of eros as a meeting of reciprocal ecstasies – where lover and beloved each pass out of themselves and into the other – has often been read as unifying dimensions of love otherwise thought to stand in tension, such as giving and receiving.
Noah Karger
wiley   +1 more source

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