X-Phi Aesthetics Workshop Series Thursday, 15 May 2014, 1:30pm An especially curious subset of prop-oriented make-believe involves animating, or pretending to give agency to, objects in service of narratives. We see this with children who play with their dolls. We … Read More
Centre for Philosophical Psychology, University of Antwerp When: May 8, 4-6pm Where: Annexe, Building R, Stadcampus, Antwerp Who: Dom Lopes (University of British Columbia) What: In the Eye of the Beholder. Beauty is eyeballed: aesthetic values and properties are principally … Read More
The final lecture in the series will be by Professor Jerrold Levinson, of the University of Maryland. His talk is entitled: ‘Ain’t that a Shame: Shame in General, and Shame in Music.’ Date: 1 May, 2014. Venue: Seminar Room, 1 … Read More
Spaces are still available for some of the various MA philosophy and interdisciplinary programmes on offer at University College Dublin. The School has a vibrant MA programme with approximately 25 MA students every year, with a range of extra-curricular events … Read More
18-22 August, 2014 Course Director: Professor Rosi Braidotti The intensive course “Critical Theory Beyond Negativity: the Ethics, Politics and Aesthetics of Affirmation” explores critical theory in the Continental philosophy tradition, with special reference to the work of Gilles Deleuze, Luce Irigaray, … Read More
Budapest, November 14-15, 2014 Visual Learning Lab, Department of Technical Education, Budapest University of Technology and Economics http://vll.mpt.bme.hu Speakers will include: Petra Aczel (Budapest) James E. Katz (Boston) Zoltan Kovecses (Budapest/Heidelberg) Dieter Mersch (Zurich) Philipp Stoellger (Rostock), opening plenary talk … Read More
Literature and Knowledge Dans le cadre du séminaire de Pascal Engel Littérature et connaissance. Mercredis 30 avril et 7 mai de 13h à 15h à l’EHESS, salle 5, 105 bd Raspail 75006 Paris. Fiction and emotion Dans le cadre du … Read More
Department of Philosophy, University of Bergen Room 208/209, Sydnesplassen 12/13 4-6 June 2013 Wednesday, June 4th 11.45 – 12.30 Lunch will be served in room 210 (coffee, tea, sandwiches) 12.30 – 12.45 Welcome 12.45 – 14.45 Keynote lecture by Marina … Read More
The final two of the BSA Cambridge Lecture Series are as follows: 22 April: Kathleen Stock, University of Sussex: ‘Sexual Objectification, Perception, and Images’. 1 May: Jerrold Levinson, University of Maryland: ‘Ain’t that a Shame: Shame in General, and Shame … Read More
The Department of Philosophy at Temple University announces a one-day conference on Friday, May 9, 2014 in honour of Joseph Margolis’s 90th birthday. The conference will be replete with both scholarly papers and personal reminiscences. All are welcome, and there … Read More