TY - JOUR T1 - Critique of Stephen Davies’ Views on the Relation between Art, Aesthetics, and Evolution based on Artful Species TT - نقد آرای استیون دیویس درباره ربط و نسبت هنر، زیبایی شناسی و تکامل با تکیه بر کتاب گونه هنرور JF - kimiahonar JO - kimiahonar VL - 7 IS - 27 UR - http://kimiahonar.ir/article-1-1310-en.html Y1 - 2018 SP - 67 EP - 75 KW - Stephen Davies KW - evolutionary aesthetics KW - evolutionary epistemology KW - the objectivity of aesthetic properties N2 - Although Stephen Davies, the author of Artful Species, like other evolutionary aestheticians believes that aesthetic response and art behavior are rooted in evolution, it seems there is a conflict between some of his claims and evolutionary approaches. Particularly, Davies insists on the uniqueness of aesthetic inclinations and objectivity of aesthetic properties. He also disregards the evolutionary epistemology. In this article, we are going to show incompatibility in Davies views based on cases mentioned before. M3 ER -