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The New DU. Reply #17: the problem is we're not talking Aesthetics here
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Sun May-09-10 03:57 PM
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| 17. the problem is we're not talking Aesthetics here |
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there is no way an animal can look at the painting of a cow and recognize it as a cow. I posit that animals have no capacity for the recognition of semblence. Is whale song or birdsong a form of communication or are they actually assembling the semblence of music? Does a wolf gaze at a sunset and contemplate its beauty or does it just subconsciously acknowledge that 'this doesn't suck'? The recognition of semblence, which is Aesthetics, is a higher cognitive function relating to reflection and perspective. I think you are personifying.
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