The Philosophy of the City Research Group is now accepting submissions for their session at the Eastern Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association, January 4 – 7, 2017 in Baltimore, Maryland at the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel. The theme … Read More
Philosopher Susanne Langer’s work exerted a significant influence on the arts and aesthetic debates of mid-century. Figures as diverse as composer Elliott Carter, performance artist Allan Kaprow, music theorist Leonard Meyer, and more recently literary and cultural theorist Sianne Ngai … Read More
Applications are invited from young scholars of any nationality to participate in the first large-scale international research project on emotions in the arts, merging humanities and scientific perspectives. Selected young scholars will receive funding to spend one-month residential periods of … Read More
The Scottish Aesthetics Forum is delighted to present: Professor David Davies (McGill) “Descriptivism and Its Discontents” Thursday, 28th April, 2016, 4:00 – 5:30pm S37 (Room 2.37), 7 George Square, University of Edinburgh The lecture is free and open to all! … Read More
Kirchberg am Wechsel, 7–13 of August 2016 AESTHETICS TODAY. Contemporary Approaches to the Aesthetics of Nature and of Art Scientific Organizers: Stefan Majetschak (Kassel) Anja Weiberg (Vienna) Sections: 1. Wittgenstein 2. Aesthetics in a Globalised World 3. Analytical Theories of … Read More
The heritage Etienne Souriau (1892-1979) left to aesthetics is significant both from an intellectual and an institutional standpoint. Along with Charles Lalo and Raymond Bayer, Souriau founded la Revue d’esthétique in 1948, chaired the Société Française d’esthétique, headed the International … Read More
Published by Bloomsbury Academic Chief Editors: Tiziana Andina [tiziana.andina@unito.it], David Carrier [david.carrier7@gmail.com] . Philosophers and cultural historians typically discuss works of art in abstract terms. But the true significance of art for philosophy, and philosophy for art, can only be … Read More
Organisers: Dr Tom Roberts & Dr Joel Krueger 4-5th July 2016, University of Exeter A recent trend in philosophy of mind and cognitive science has come to rethink the role played by the brain in determining the content and character … Read More
Connecting with Others: Empathy, Sympathy, and the Imagination Dates: Wednesday, 30 March, to Friday, 1 April 2016. CCANESA Boardroom (Rm 480), Madsen Building (F09), University of Sydney Organiser: Anik Waldow Wednesday, 30th March: 9.00-9.15 Welcome Understanding Other Minds/Ethics 9.15-10.05 Jeanette … Read More
WORKSHOP Kant and Hegel – Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art April 15 Venue: Building H. Caulfield Campus Room H8.06/8.05 10.30 – 11.45. Andrew Benjamin (Monash University) Hegel, the Laocoön and the Expression of Grief 12.00 – 12.45 Ben Hjorth … Read More