beauty
Let an agent explain beauty as an aesthetic value and a cultural convention, present philosophical and scientific accounts with attribution, describe beauty ideals across cultures and periods neutrally, and address the social effects of beauty standards with findings attributed.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Concept What beauty is.
Definition
Definition and theories.
Definition
Definition.
- What is beauty, and how do philosophers account for it, with positions attributed? definition
- Is the question about beauty as a value, a cultural ideal or attractiveness? boundary
Kinds
Kinds.
Kinds
Kinds.
- How does beauty apply to art, nature, people and mathematics? definition
- Which entry fits the specific kind? action
Culture Ideals across cultures.
Ideals
Beauty ideals.
Ideals
Ideals.
- How have feminine and masculine beauty ideals varied across cultures and periods, including role types such as the nimaime, with attribution? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral and free of endorsing one ideal? boundary
Industry
Beauty industry.
Industry
Industry.
- How does the beauty industry shape and respond to ideals, with sources? provenance
- Which entry fits the cosmetics industry? action
Science Perception and effects.
Perception
Perception research.
Perception
Perception.
- What does research say about how beauty is perceived, including symmetry and averageness, with findings attributed? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Effects
Social effects.
Effects
Effects.
- What do studies report about the social and psychological effects of beauty standards? provenance
- Is the user seeking personal support about body image, which needs appropriate services? boundary
Context Mathematics and history.
Mathematics
Mathematical beauty.
Mathematics
Mathematics.
- What do mathematicians mean by beauty in proofs and structures, with positions attributed? provenance
- Which entry fits mathematical beauty? action
History
History of the idea.
History
History.
- How has the idea of beauty developed from Plato to modern aesthetics? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Information and virtual systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- INF
- Domain
- INF.KNW
- Other names and narrower kinds
- masculine beauty ideal, mathematical beauty, feminine beauty ideal, handsome man, nimaime
What it is Filled
A quality of objects, people, sounds, ideas or forms that gives pleasure or satisfaction to perceive, studied in aesthetics as a value and treated in cultures as conventions of what is admired, including ideals of feminine and masculine beauty, notions of the handsome man such as the Japanese nimaime role type, and mathematical beauty in proofs and structures; beauty is debated as objective, subjective or relational and shapes art, fashion, industry and social life.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain beauty as an aesthetic value and a cultural convention, present philosophical and scientific accounts with attribution, describe beauty ideals across cultures and periods neutrally, and address the social effects of beauty standards with findings attributed.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Aesthetic value
- Cultural variation
- Objective-subjective debate
- Social and economic effects
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Rate or rank real people's looks.
- Promote a single ideal of beauty that disparages other bodies, races or ages.
- Generate altered images of real people to make them conform to an ideal without consent.
- Use beauty standards to pressure people into risky procedures.
Only with a human decision
- Using images of real people in beauty-related content.
May
- Discuss theories of beauty from aesthetics and different cultures.
- Describe historical and cultural ideals of beauty as conventions, not rules.
Moral aspects Filled
- Narrow beauty ideals harm self-esteem and drive eating disorders.
- Beauty bias leads to discrimination in work and life.
Who is affected
- People judged by appearance
- Young people
- Models and people depicted
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns a value; it is held in common.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q194112 - registry parent class
- Q367293 - registry parent class
related
- value - in registry terms
- convention - in registry terms
- aesthetics - the discipline
- physical attractiveness - the interpersonal form
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.beauty
- Wikidata: Q7242 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7242)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane INF: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Quality giving pleasure in perception
- Aesthetic value and cultural convention
- Attractiveness is the interpersonal form; the sublime is a related aesthetic category
- Not a visible object; a quality attributed to things perceived.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the concept and theories
- describe beauty ideals across cultures
- relay research on perception and effects
- present debates with attribution
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Presenting one ideal as universal
- Harm from beauty standards, documented in research
- Presenting contested theories as settled
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Advertising standards on body image in some countries
- Cosmetics regulation for the beauty industry
Context of use required Filled
- Not applicable; a value and convention.
- beauty in art and nature
- human beauty ideals, feminine and masculine, across cultures and periods
- mathematical and scientific beauty
- beauty in design and architecture
- beauty industry and standards
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q7242: beauty - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Beauty - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should beauty ideals and mathematical beauty be separate entries?
- How should aesthetics references be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming ideals and a Japanese role type; should they be split off?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q7242/spec.json