This series originates in the Centre for Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairs, University of St Andrews and is under the general editorship of John Haldane. The series includes monographs, collection
Environmental aesthetics is an emerging discipline that explores the meaning and influence of environmental perception and experience on human life. Arguing for the idea that environment is not merely
Aesthetics as the study of beauty in art and nature remains mired in outdated conceptions, not taking into account new forms of artistic creations and transformations in views on nature, according to
The essays, collected by Berleant in this volume all express the impulse to reject the received wisdom of modern aesthetics: that art demands a mode of experience sharply different from others and uni
Berleant (philosophy, Long Island U.) explores new ways of thinking about how we live in the landscapes that enfold us, and proposes a holistic approach to the meaning of place. After a general introd
Mapping out the fairly new terrain called environmental aesthetics, philosophers from North America and Europe consider how things merit respect for their intrinsic worth, and how the aesthetic contri
The aesthetics of nature is the central focus of environmental aesthetics, a new field that addresses the philosophical issues surrounding the aesthetic appreciation of the world. The essays in this c
The Aesthetics of Human Environments is a companion volume to Carlson's and Berleant's The Aesthetics of Natural Environments. Whereas the earlier collection focused on the aesthetic appreciation of n
