In this connection, I highly recommend Ellen Dissanayake's work -- an
evolutionary/biobehavioral perspective on the origin of aesthetics in human
behavior, including development in children. I find it very rich,
though-provoking, and provocative.
Particularly:
Ellen Dissanayake, "What is Art For?" Seattle: University of Washington
Press, 1988.
Ellen Dissanayake, "Homo Aestheticus: Where Art Comes From and Why" New
York: The Free Press, 1992
also a piece on E. D. by Caleb Crain at
http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/calebcrain/artistic1
Al
Filippo said:
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Has anyone considered looking at how children develop, with the aim of
drawing conclusions regarding the interactions between biology, language,
cognition, and social behaviour?
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Charles Burnette User wrote:
> On 6/7/04 6:11 AM, "M P Ranjan" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>So where does the basic level (purely biological?) end and the cultural
>>and tutored levels (semantic and semiotic culturally mediated?) begin?
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