University of Isfahan Metaphysics 2476-3276 11 28 2019 11 22 Denis Dutton's Evolutionary Approach to Art and Beauty Denis Dutton's Evolutionary Approach to Art and Beauty 35 48 24096 10.22108/mph.2019.103176.1020 FA Roja Alizadeh PhD student of philosophy of art, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran Journal Article 2017 04 11 Denis Dutton's Evolutionary Approach to Art and Beauty<br />Denis L. Dutton (1944- 2010), American-NewZealandian philosopher of art, in many of his works, especially his latest book entitled The art instinct: Beauty, pleasure, and human evolution offers a new theory of art. He believes that the human tendency to art and beauty, in fact, is an evolutionary product and is one of many adaptations that are achieved through natural and sexual selection in the struggle for existence. Dutton thinks interest in art and beauty is a result of genetic programming and left for modern human of her earliest ancestors. In support of this claim, he points out aesthetic tastes of people in different historical periods and different cultures are alike. In Dutton perspective, art and aesthetics, derived from human instincts and are rooted in human nature. He defends the idea that the evolutionary approach doesn’t undervalue the importance of artistic masterpieces that are admired by everyone. He speculates that evolution - and above of every things the imagination and reason evolution- which enables the human to transcend their brute nature instincts and again the natural and sexual selection is that put him or her in a wise man or woman position. This research seeks to answer the question "How can we justify the desire of humans to the arts and beauty and the reason for their enjoyment of their eternal pleasure from the artworks from the viewpoint of Dutton?” Denis Dutton's Evolutionary Approach to Art and Beauty<br />Denis L. Dutton (1944- 2010), American-NewZealandian philosopher of art, in many of his works, especially his latest book entitled The art instinct: Beauty, pleasure, and human evolution offers a new theory of art. He believes that the human tendency to art and beauty, in fact, is an evolutionary product and is one of many adaptations that are achieved through natural and sexual selection in the struggle for existence. Dutton thinks interest in art and beauty is a result of genetic programming and left for modern human of her earliest ancestors. In support of this claim, he points out aesthetic tastes of people in different historical periods and different cultures are alike. In Dutton perspective, art and aesthetics, derived from human instincts and are rooted in human nature. He defends the idea that the evolutionary approach doesn’t undervalue the importance of artistic masterpieces that are admired by everyone. He speculates that evolution - and above of every things the imagination and reason evolution- which enables the human to transcend their brute nature instincts and again the natural and sexual selection is that put him or her in a wise man or woman position. This research seeks to answer the question "How can we justify the desire of humans to the arts and beauty and the reason for their enjoyment of their eternal pleasure from the artworks from the viewpoint of Dutton?” https://mph.ui.ac.ir/article_24096_06b24a7a5030781819f927e4e05b5b97.pdf