The British Society of Aesthetics (BSA) aims to promote study, research and discussion of the fine arts and related types of experience from a philosophical, psychological, sociological, historical, critical and educational standpoint.
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Notes From a Biscuit Tin
The BSA is happy to support Notes From a Biscuit Tin, inspired by Mary Midgley’s actual biscuit tin! This year-long project will bring together philosophers... Read More
CFP: Debates in Aesthetics
The editors of Debates in Aesthetics are pleased to invite submissions for the Summer/Autumn 2019 issue (Vol.16, No. 1). DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: 15 July 2019... Read More
CFA: BSA Synergy Conference How To Do Things With Jokes
University of Kent, Canterbury, 25-27 October 2019 Deadline for Abstracts 1 June The organising committee of the BSA Synergy Conference How to Do Things With... Read More
LAF: Dominic McIver Lopes (University of British Columbia)
London Aesthetics Forum: Beyond the Pleasure Principle: Autonomy in Kant’s Aesthetics Friday 24 May, 4-6pm, Senate House: room G35. Abstract: Aesthetic hedonism is the view... Read More
Graduate bursaries: Philosophy of Music – Perspectives on Antiquity
The two-day workshop ‘Philosophy of Music – Perspectives on Antiquity’ will take place from 11-12 July 2019 at Durham University (The Castle, Senate Suite). It... Read More
Registration open for 5th BSA PG Conference ‘The Good, the Bad and the (Extra)Ordinary’
Registration is now open for our upcoming event ‘The Good, the Bad and the (Extra)Ordinary: the 5th British Society of Aesthetics Postgraduate Conference’. This... Read More