Philosophers have long been interested in the nature of the self and in the meaning and narrative structure of human lives. Many philosophers have themselves written autobiographies. Descartes’s Meditations, Augustine’s Confessions and Rousseau’s Confessions are all frequently cited as early … Read More
Berlin (Germany) 25–27 May 2017 Submission deadline: 15th of January 2017 The European Society for Aesthetics would like to invite you to submit a paper for presentation at the ESA Conference 2017. The conference will be co-organised by the ESA … Read More
The Inter-University Centre in Dubrovnik, Croatia hosts a large number of conferences in a wide variety of disciplines each year, bringing together scholars from Europe, North America, and further afield. In April 2017, we shall be holding the sixth Dubrovnik … Read More
December 1-2, 2016 at University of Southern Denmark (SDU) www.sdu.dk/extrememusic The research group The Performances of Everyday Living at SDU Odense is pleased to invite paper sub-missions for presentation at EXTREME MUSIC – HEARING AND NOTHINGNESS. The research presented should … Read More
Workshop date: April 21-22, 2017 Organizing institution: European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions (EPSSE) In the ongoing upsurge of studies on emotions the topic of narrativity has continuously been present. While some have claimed that emotions themselves have … Read More
Bern, Switzerland 19th – 20th May 2017 The Institute of Philosophy of University of Bern invites abstracts for papers to be presented at the two-day conference ‘Authenticity versus Improvisation in the Philosophy of Music?’, organized in collaboration with the Hochschule … 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
National University of Ireland Galway, Thursday May 12 2016. Over the last 25 years Paul Crowther has developed a wide-ranging normative and cognitivist aesthetics that explains why the making and experience of art is so important for humanity. Uniquely, he … Read More
Essence and Context: A Conference Between Music and Philosophy Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre (Tilto g. 16, Vilnius, LITHUANIA) 31st August — 3rd September 2016 Keynote speakers include: •Professor PAUL BOGHOSSIAN (New York University) •Professor VYTAUTAS LANDSBERGIS (Lithuania) •Professor … Read More
1st-2nd April 2016, University of Southampton, UK N.B. Deadline approaching! (Feb 1st) We invite abstract submissions from postgraduate students on any area of the philosophy of art or aesthetics for the BSA Postgrad conference, to be held in Southampton, UK, … Read More