Thagard, P. (2019). Natural Philosophy: From Social Brains to Knowledge, Reality, Morality, and Beauty (Treatise on Mind and Society). Oxford University Press.

Created by Frank E. Ritter, Josh Irwin, April Yan, Isabella Webster

Updated: 11 Feb 2020

This is a collection of links to follow up the cultural references in Ch. 9 of Thagard's book Natural philosophy.

Use case: Read the book and if you have have questions about the references, or want to be more erudite, read this page and its associated links.

Note: many of these links are fragile. If they are broken, use the google links included.

Chapter 9: Beauty and Beyond

Aesthetics

  1. Bertrand Russell (p. 228)
  2. Wikipedia on Bertrand Russell

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Issues and Alternatives

  1. da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" (p. 230)
  2. Wikpedia on da Vinci's Mona Lisa

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  3. Beethoven's Ninth Symphony (p. 230)

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  4. The Thinker (p. 230)

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  5. King's College Chapel at Cambridge University (p. 231)

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  6. Tolstoy's "War and Peace" (p. 231)

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  7. Long Day's Journey into Night (p. 231)
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  9. Yeats' poem: Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven (p. 231)

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  10. Movie "Casablanca" (p. 231)
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  12. Sistine Chapel ceiling by Michelangelo (p. 232)

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  13. Bach's oratorios (p. 232)

    Wikipedia on Bach's oratorios

Beauty in Painting

  1. Rembrandt (p. 233)
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  3. Da Vinci (p. 233)
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  5. van Gogh (p. 233)
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  7. Monet (p. 233)
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  9. Vincent van Gogh's "The Starry Night" (p. 233)
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  11. Botticelli's "The Birth of Venus" (p. 233)
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  13. Monet's "Water Lilies" (p. 233)
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  15. Cobalt blue (p. 233)
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Multilevel Emergence and Social Causes of Beauty

  1. Mark Rothko (p. 237)
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  3. Vincent van "Gogh's The Potato Eaters" (p. 237)
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Other Emotions in Painting

  1. van Gogh's self-portraits (p. 238)
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    van Gogh's self-portraits

  3. Willem de Kooning's "Woman III" (p. 238)
  4. "Kooning's Woman III"

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  5. Picasso's "Guernica" (p. 239)
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  7. Francisco Goya's "Saturn Devouring his Son" (p. 239)
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  9. Vincent van Gogh's "Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette" (p. 239)
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  11. Caravaggio's "Medusa" (p. 239)
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  13. Hieronymus Bosch's "The Garden of Earthly Delights" (p. 239)
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  15. Edvard Munch's "The Screa"m" (p. 239)
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  17. Salvador Dali's "The Face of War" (p. 239)
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  19. Caravaggio's "David with the Head of Goliath" (p. 239)
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  21. Mantegna's "Lamentation of Christ" (p. 239)
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  23. Painting "The Death of Marat" (p. 239)
  24. Wikipeida

    The Death of Marat By Jacques-Louis David

    The Death of Marat By Munch

  25. Vincent van Gogh's "At Eternity's Gate" (p. 240)
  26. Wikipeida

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  27. Pieter Bruegel the Elder's "The Wedding Dance" (p. 240)
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  29. Henri Matisse's dance painting (p. 240)
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  31. Constable's "The Cornfield" (p. 240)
  32. Wikipeida on "The Cornfield"

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  33. Paul Barthel's "Happy Children" (p. 240)
  34. Image of Paul Barthel's "Happy Children"

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  35. Rivera's "Detroit Industry Murals" (p. 240)
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  37. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's "In Bed, the Kiss" (p. 240)
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  39. Michelangelo's "Leda and the Swan"(p. 240)
  40. Painting "Leda and the Swan"

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  41. Picasso's early Cubist paintings (p. 240)
  42. Information on Picasso's early Cubist paintings

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  43. Mark Rothko abstract paintings (p. 240)
  44. Mark Rothko abstract paintings

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  45. M. C, Escher's paintings (p. 240)
  46. M.C. Escher's Gallery

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  47. Black velvet paintings of Elvis Presley (p. 240)
  48. Wikipedia on "Velvet Elvis"

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  49. L.H.O.O.Q. of the Mona Lisa with a mustache, Marcel Duchamp (p. 240)
  50. Mona Lisa with a mustache

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  51. Salvador Dali (p. 24)
  52. Wikipedia Salvador Dali

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  53. René Magritte "This is Not a Pipe" (p. 241)
  54. Painting "This is Not a Pipe

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  55. Pere Borrell del Caso's "Escaping Criticism" (p. 241)
  56. Painting "Escaping Criticism"

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Creativity in Painting

  1. The Muses (p. 242)
  2. Wikipedia

  3. Jackson Pollock's drip paintings (p. 243)
  4. Pollock's painting

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  5. Georgia O'Keeffe (p. 244)
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Beauty in Music

  1. "Yesterday" by The Beatles (p. 246)
  2. Youtube

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  3. "Hey Jude" by The Beatles (p. 246)
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  5. "Here Comes the Sun" by The Beatles (p. 246)
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  7. Beethoven's Fifth Symphony (p. 246)
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  9. "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" (p. 246)
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  11. Beethoven's Seventh Symphony [Range from 7 minutes, to 40 minutes] (p. 247)
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Happy Music

  1. Beethoven's Sixth (Pastoral) Symphony (p. 248)
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  3. Schiller's "Ode to Joy" (p. 248)
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  5. Johann Sebastian Bach's Badinerie (p. 248)
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  7. Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" (p. 248)
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  9. Handel's "Water Music" (p. 248)
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  11. Bruno Mars' "Marry You" (p. 249)
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  13. Perry Como's "Accentuate the Positive" (p. 249)
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  15. Lisa Minnelli's "Cabaret" (p. 249)
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  17. Taj Mahal's "Cakewalk into Town" (p. 249)
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  19. King Harvest's "Dancing in the Moonlight" (p. 249)
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  21. The Beach Boys' "Fun Fun Fun" (p. 249)
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  23. The Beatles' "Here Comes the Sun" (p. 249)
  24. //See Previous"

  25. Dire Straits' "The Walk of Life" (p. 249)
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  27. Bruce Springsteen's "Ain't Good Enough for You" (p. 249)
  28. Youtube

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  29. Ann Murray's "Snowbird" (p. 249)
  30. Youtube

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  31. The band Arcade Fire (p. 249)
  32. Youtube on "Everything Now" by Arcade Fire

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  33. Haydn's "Surprise Symphony" (number 94) (p. 249)
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  35. Beethoven's "Rage Over a Lost Penny" (p. 249)
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  37. Peter Schickele's Pervertimento For Bagpipes, Bicycle And Balloons, S. 66 (p. 249)
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  39. "Weird Al" Yankovic's "White and Nerdy" (p. 249)
  40. Youtube

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  41. Chamillionaire "Ridin" (p. 249)
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  43. Johnny Cash's "A Boy Named Sue" (p. 249)
  44. Youtube

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  45. Beethoven's "Für Elise" (p. 249)
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  47. Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing" (p. 249)
  48. Youtube

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  49. Marvin Gaye's "Lets Get it On" (p. 249)
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  51. R. Kelly's "Ignition" (p. 249)
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  53. Rolling Stones "Satisfaction" (p. 249)
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  55. Igor Stravinsky's Rite of Spring (p. 249)
  56. Youtube

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  57. the band Dead Kennedys (p. 249)
  58. "Holiday In Cambodia" by Dead Kennedys

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Sad Music

  1. Mozart's Requiem Mass (p. 250)
  2. Youtube

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  3. Beethoven's String Quartet No. 14 (p. 250)
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  5. Mahler's Symphony No. 9 (p. 250)
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  7. American blues (p. 250)
  8. American blues rock musical groups

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  9. Portuguese Fado (p. 250)
  10. Youtube on "The Soul of Portugal" by Fado

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  11. Rolling Stone Magazine (p. 250)
  12. Google

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  13. Aretha Franklin's "Respect" (p. 250)
  14. Youtube

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  15. The Beatles' "Hey Jude" (p. 250)
  16. // See Previous

  17. Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone" (p. 250)
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  19. The Rolling Stones' "Satisfaction" (p. 250)
  20. Youtube

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  21. Marvin Gaye's "Whats Going On" (p. 250)
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  23. Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (p. 250)
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  25. John Lennon's "Imagine" (p. 250)
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  27. The beach Boys' "Good Vibrations" (p. 250)
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  29. Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode" (p. 251)
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  31. Ray Charles "What'd I Say" (p. 251)
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Disturbing Music

  1. King Gordy's "Mr. 187" (p. 251)
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  3. Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5 (p. 251)
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  5. Carrie Underwood's "Before He Cheats" (p. 251)
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  7. CeeLo Green's "Fuck You" (p. 251)
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  9. Bob Dylan's "With God on Our Side" (p. 251)
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  11. The Communist "Internationale" (p. 251)
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  13. The Nazi "Horst-Vessel-Lied"** (p. 251)
  14. Wikipedia: Horst-Wessel-Lied

    YouTube: Horst-Wessel-Lied

    **Disclaimer: According to Wikipeida, "Horst-Wessel-Lied" has been banned in Germany and Austria. We included this song because the chapter directly mentions it.

  15. The Chilean "El pueblo unido jamás será vencido" (p. 251)
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  17. Punk rock (p. 251)
  18. Youtube on Top 10 Punk Rock Songs (2011)

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  19. Heavy metal (p. 251)
  20. Best of Heavy Metal (2019) on Youtube

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  21. Hip hop (p. 251)
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  23. Mathematician Scott Rickard, ugliest music (p. 251)
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  25. Jaws theme (p. 252)
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  27. Psycho Theme (p. 252)
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  29. Mussorgky's Night on Bald Mountain (p. 252)
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  31. Richard Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries (p. 252)
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  33. Michael Jackson's "Thriller" (p. 252)
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  35. The Doors' "The End" (p. 252)
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Creativity in Music

  1. The Beatles' Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds (p. 252)

  2. Youtube

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  3. Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony (No. 6) (p. 252)

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  5. Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven) (p.253)
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  7. Roy Orbison (p.253)

  8. Youtube "Oh, Pretty Women"

    Wikipedia on Roy Orbison

  9. Smokey Robinson (p. 253)
  10. Youtube on "Cruisin" by Smokey Robinson

    Wikipedia on Smokey Robinson

  11. The Beatles' "Because" (p. 252)
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  13. Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata (p. 252)
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