Introduction
Landscape and longing
Art and human nature
What is art?
"But they don't have our concept of art"
Art and natural selection
The uses of fiction
Art and human self-domestication
Intention, forgery, Dada : three aesthetic problems
The contingency of aesthetic values
Greatness in the arts.
The art instinct : beauty, pleasure, & human evolution by Denis Dutton. ISBN 9781596914018. Published by Bloomsbury Press in 2009. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.