Celestial Aesthetics: Over Our Heads and/or in Our Heads

被引:2
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作者
Rolston, Holmes, III [1 ]
机构
[1] Colorado State Univ, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA
关键词
Celestial aesthetics; Awe; Lostness; Mathematics; Cosmic habitat; Meteorological aesthetics; Clouds; Atmosphere; Mind and cosmos;
D O I
10.1080/14746700.2011.587663
中图分类号
N09 [自然科学史]; B [哲学、宗教];
学科分类号
01 ; 0101 ; 010108 ; 060207 ; 060305 ; 0712 ;
摘要
Looking at the night sky, we may seem cosmic dwarfs, overwhelmed with a sense of otherness, abyss, lostness. But humans alone enjoy such celestial awe. We can move to a sense of the beholder's celestial ancestry and ongoing relatedness in "our cosmic habitat.'' That account joins aesthetics with mathematics, finds dramatic interrelationships gathered under "the anthropic principle,'' and considers meteorological aesthetics. The wonder is as much this Homo sapiens with mind enough to search the universe. What is out there is inseparably linked with what is down here. We are at home in the universe. The glory is both over our heads and in our heads.
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页码:273 / 285
页数:13
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