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Carlson’s Positive Aesthetics

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  • Kent B. Olson

    (Graduate Student, Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy, Silenus University of the Sciences and Literature Member Oxford Philsoc, OUDCE)

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We all know that the protection of the environment is a good thing. With global warming, these concerns are past the point of being trivial. Can there be an argument via the sciences to get more people involved? Can there be one based upon an instrumentalist view? This would be quite a feat. Canadian-born philosopher Allen Carlson tries to do just that with his view of positive aesthetics. This is the view that the environment is worth protecting because it is beautiful. More particularly, since it does have instrumental value, it is beautiful and we should protect it. In this paper, I shall endorse the idea that not all natural phenomena are beautiful. Also the argument commits the is/ought fallacy. Perhaps activists should seek more aid from the arts and sciences from philosophy itself, rather than from the cold deductive logical calculus.

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  • Kent B. Olson, 2022. "Carlson’s Positive Aesthetics," International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation, International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI), vol. 9(3), pages 120-122, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bjc:journl:v:9:y:2022:i:3:p:120-122
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