In Parenthesis and British Society of Aesthetics present, Notes from a Biscuit Tin, a year-long centenary celebration of the philosophical and poetic vision of Mary Midgley At Somerville College Oxford, 2pm, Saturday 12th October 2019. Join poet Ruth Padel and philosopher Jane Heal for Tea and Biscuits in the Mary … Read More
University of Southampton Friday 14th June Organiser Daniel Whiting Details This is the second in a series of workshops on Higher-Order Evidence in Epistemology, Ethics, and Aesthetics supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AH/S006338/1). Humans are fallible: we … Read More
Shakespeare in Philosophy symposia 2019 at Garrick’s Temple to Shakespeare, Hampton (London) David Garrick built his Shakespeare Temple beside the Thames at Hampton in 1755 as a place where ‘the thinkers of the world’ would meet to reflect on the … Read More
Società Italiana di Estetica (Italian Society of Aesthetics) Summer School 2019: “L’Estetica e le arti: traiettorie e percorsi” Scuola di Procida per l’Alta formazione, Conservatorio delle Orfane (University of Naples “L’Orientale”) June, 17-21 2019 The Società Italiana di Estetica (Italian Society … Read More
Wednesday January 23rd University of Leeds Leeds Humanities Research Institute (LHRI), Seminar Room 1. Schedule 12:00-1:00 lunch 1:00-2:00 Dominic Gregory (Sheffield) ‘Vision and the Contents of Imagistic Representations’. 2:00-2:10 break 2:10-3:00 Jamie Cawthra (York) “Puzzles (Actual Ones, Not Philosophical Ones)” … Read More
On the Primitive Accumulation of Aesthetics (Karlsruhe, 6-7 Dec 18) Karlsruhe, Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung, Großes Studio, Lorenzstraße 15, December 6 – 07, 2018 From various theoretical and historical perspectives, eight international scholars approach the question of the role of … Read More
Creativity Across the Arts and Sciences Conference, 16–17 April 2019 Workshop, 15 April 2019 Bristol, UK Philosophical discussion of creativity and related capacities, such as imagination, falls largely within the domain of aesthetics. Yet, it is clear that we find … Read More
Dr Michael Newall (Kent): “Painting with Impossible Colours” Friday, 19 October, 2018, 4:00 – 6:00pm Room 3.10, Dugald Steward Building, University of Edinburgh The lecture is free and open to all! Abstract: “Impossible colours are mixtures of hues that do … Read More
British Society of Aesthetics Postgraduate Conference ‘The Good, the Bad and the (Extra)Ordinary’ University of York, March 29th-31st 2019 We are pleased to invite you to submit abstracts to the fifth British Society of Aesthetics postgraduate conference. This three-day event … Read More
CALL FOR RESPONDENTS: Narrative Justice: A BSA Conference on Aesthetic Education from Theory to Practice Narrative Justice: A British Society of Aesthetics Conference on Aesthetic Education from Theory to Practice is a two day conference that will be held at … Read More