Michael Spicher discusses how aesthetics can be a transformative force that elevates everything from business strategies to personal well-being| Inspired Purpose Partners
A selection of beauty-themed books for the holiday season, from digital fashion to AI-enabled architecture.| beautymatter.com
We should not impose age limitations for their own sake, if we don’t really need to adhere to them. We should strive for new experiences and expressions of beauty in our lives and not succumb to societal, familial, or other kinds of pressure.| beautymatter.com
THE EXPERIENCE OF BEAUTY IN THE MIDDLE AGES. By Mary Carruthers. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. Pp. xii+233. ISBN: 9780199590322.  …| Aesthetics Research Lab
The title of this essay is admittedly a mouthful. It’s because I want to introduce a technical term in philosophy that goes back to the medieval theologian and philosopher, Thomas Aquinas. It…| Aesthetics Research Lab
In 1980, philosopher John Finnis wrote Natural Law and Natural Rights, which is his explanation of natural law theory. He sets the stage by saying that there are seven basic human goods (also calle…| Aesthetics Research Lab
From 1958 to 1982, two adept philosophers—Monroe Beardsley and George Dickie—debated each other through their books and articles about the nature of aesthetic experience. By seeing the different at…| Aesthetics Research Lab