(May 20, 2009 at 11:11 am)EvidenceVsFaith Wrote: I think beauty is beautiful simply because it is so to the evolved observer.
That's how circular
Quote:And for some reason...
So try to identify the reason Mine is just a hypothesis... but at least it has been given some rational thought. I have little doubt that my hypothesis is a fallacy however, as it does not apply to non-geometric beauty or magnificence... although it seemingly works in the physical.
But i haven't obtained much more insight than i had when i originally thought up the hypothesis. Instead of describing that magnificence is handsomeness, awesomeness, etc... why not think of: "Why is it handsome, or awesome, or beautiful?"... or: "What makes a thing beautiful?"
I'm sure the answer is so glaringly simple... that i will smack myself upon my forehead in response to my stupidity.
Please give me a home where cloud buffalo roam
Where the dear and the strangers can play
Where sometimes is heard a discouraging word
But the skies are not stormy all day