Leeds Humanities Research Institute, Thursday June 19 2014, 10am It is commonly thought that engaging with narratives can shape the way we engage with the real world. But how? This workshop aims to connect psychological and philosophical research on the … Read More
Leeds Art Gallery, June 18 2014, 6-7:30pm Can stories change the way you think? Since the times of Plato and Aristotle, many scholars in the humanities have contended that reading stories can change the way one thinks, for better or for … Read More
Fourth Annual Conference of the Royal Musical Association Music and Philosophy Study Group, in collaboration with the Music and Philosophy Study Group of the American Musicological Society King’s College London, 27-28 June, 2014 Co-hosted by the Departments of Music and … Read More
Budapest, Hungary, June 2-5 2014 Conference venue: Faculty of Arts, ELTE, 1088 Budapest, Múzeum krt. 6-8, lecture room 34. The conference is organised and supported by the Hungarian Philosophical Association, the Eötvös Loránd University, the University of Szeged, the Central … Read More
University of Stuttgart, June 27-28 Organization: Catrin Misselhorn & Joerg Fingerhut At this workshop Jesse Prinz (City University of New York) is going to present his work on the relationship between emotions and values in the field of ethics and … Read More
The Editors of Evental Aesthetics, a peer-reviewed, independent journal devoted to philosophical thinking on aesthetic practices and experiences, continue to invite submissions for the Fall and Winter issues. Themes include: Hijacking (Deadline: June 30, 2014) Vital Materialism (Deadline: September 30, 2014) … Read More
The Team behind the Film-Philosophy Conference 2014 is very happy to announce that the full programme is now available online. The Conference will this year take place at the University of Glasgow, in Film and Television Studies, from 2 to … Read More
The Centre for Cultural Policy Studies at the University of Warwick and a-n The Artists Information Company are pleased to invite applications from outstanding candidates for an AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Award PhD studentship to commence October 2014 working on a … Read More
The Inaugural Conference of the European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions (EPSSE) will take place at the New University of Lisbon on 18-20 July, 2014. Many of the papers presented will be of interest to aestheticians. Those interested … Read More
June 4-5 2014, Central European University, Faculty Tower 809 Organised by the What it is to be human research group Programme June 4 13:15 – 13:30 Welcome 13:30 – 14:15 Thorsten Botz-Bornstein (Gulf University): Kitsch and Bullshit: An Ethical Fault … Read More