Eco-Friendly Aesthetics: an examination of relationships between

aesthetics and ecology in the hope of aligning the two

Sheila Lintott

Philosophy

easy causes

difficult causes

the cost of the “well-kept” lawn

the perils of slimy, grubby, and ugly creatures and the perceived unruliness

of the untamed lawn

a dog show

newborn baby

ridding the world of unruly lawns, snakes, rodents, spiders…

garlic mustard

Walton, “Categories of Art” Standard features count towards and object

being classified in the category.

Variable features are irrelevant to whether an object belongs in a given category.

Contra-standard features tend not to be possessed by an object in a given category.

factors that count toward correctness of category

1. Good # of standard features (and relatively few contra-standard ones).

2. Work comes off at its aesthetic best under that category.

3. Artist intended it to be in said category.

4. Work fits into an established category of art.

venus fly-trap

bats

Congress Ave Bridge

today at the Congress Ave Bridge