{"product_id":"paleoaesthetics-and-the-practice-of-derek-d-turner-9781108727822","title":"Paleoaesthetics and the Practice of Paleontology","description":"The practice of paleontology has an aesthetic as well as an epistemic dimension. Paleontology has distinctively aesthetic aims, such as cultivating sense of place and developing a better aesthetic appreciation of fossils. Scientific cognitivists in environmental aesthetics argue that scientific knowledge deepens and enhances our appreciation of nature. Drawing on that tradition, this Element argues that knowledge of something's history makes a difference to how we engage with it aesthetically. This means that investigation of the deep past can contribute to aesthetic aims. Aesthetic engagement with fossils and landscapes is also crucial to explaining paleontology's epistemic successes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Derek D. Turner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1108727824\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781108727822\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/24\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 75\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.19d","brand":"Derek D. Turner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980860063999,"sku":"9781108727822","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9078a153-6573-492e-8450-f6cd0b0726ba.jpg?v=1683252304","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/paleoaesthetics-and-the-practice-of-derek-d-turner-9781108727822","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}