(February 17, 2015 at 1:21 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote:(February 17, 2015 at 12:50 pm)robvalue Wrote: I'm really fed up with this idea that there is a domain of enquiry "beyond science".
Just stop it already. Thanks.
What is beauty? Is that inquiry susceptible to the scientific method?
Yes.
In principle, one could trace the entire detailed evolutionary history of the perception of beauty, and the environmental influences upon the individuals at the end of the evolution, and thus identify how and why of every instances of perception of beauty scientifically.