Zygon 44 (2):243-263 (2009)
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Almost all admit that there is beauty in the natural world. Many suspect that such beauty is more than an adornment of nature. Few in our contemporary world suggest that this beauty is an empirical principle of the natural world itself and instead relegate beauty to the eye and mind of the beholder. Guided by theological and scientific insight, the authors propose that such exclusion is no longer tenable, at least in the data of modern biology and in our view of the natural world in general. More important, we believe an empirical aesthetics exists that can help guide experimental design and development of computational models in biology. Moreover, because theology and science can both contribute toward and equally profit from such an aesthetics, we propose that this empirical aesthetics provides the foundation for a living synergy between theology and science.
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Keywords | theological aesthetics empirical aesthetics computational models aesthetics experimental design pattern formation in developing tissues developmental biology Christopher Alexander |
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DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9744.2009.00999.x |
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