Centre for Philosophical Psychology (University of Antwerp) and Ghent Aesthetics Research Group (Ghent University) present Jenefer Robinson (Cincinnati) and Nick Zangwill (Hull). In her book “Deeper than Reason”, Jenefer Robinson argues that emotion plays a significant role in our appreciation of … Read More
Philosophy@UWS, in collaboration with Fordham University Press, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and the State Library of New South Wales warmly invite you to the 2014 “Thinking Out Loud: The Sydney Lectures in Philosophy and Society.” This year’s lectures, titled The … Read More
University of Manchester 14 May, 2014. Limited places remaining (for attendees only) Attendees are invited to book a place on the following event. Tickets are limited, and available via Eventbrite: http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/big-ruins-the-aesthetics-and-politics-of-supersized-decay-tickets-10733583437?aff=eorg As global capitalism intensifies its hold on the … Read More
June 4-5, 2014, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary Organized by the research group What is it to be human? Keynote speaker: Jesse Prinz, CUNY, New York The conference investigates the current philosophical discussions about the various connections between art and … Read More
University of Nottingham, 11-12 July 2014 The emergence of the modern sense of critical time that Reinhart Koselleck defined as the „Verzeitlichung“ (temporalization) of all areas of human knowledge around 1800, of subjectivity, history and nature in the modern experience … Read More
4.30-6pm, 26 March 2014, Heythrop College (Room TBC) Followed by a wine reception Abstract In an essay that has become something of a classic in the literature, Noel Carroll expressed the happy thought that “When we read a literary text … Read More
Third Annual Marc Jeannerod Lecture March 20, 4-6pm, Centre for Philosophical Psychology, University of Antwerp Discussions of aesthetic experience from a naturalistic perspective have almost always begun from the standpoint of a perceiver confronting the external world of people, places, … Read More
Royal Institute of Philosophy Public Lecture St Mary’s University, Wednesday 26th March 2014 5.15-6.45pm followed by a drinks reception Senior Common Room, St Mary’s University, Twickenham Abstract Jacques Attali wrote that “… naturalization is one of the functions of ideology. … Read More
Centre for Philosophical Psychology, University of Antwerp, March 13, 4-6pm The relational properties perceived in listening to music are highly distinctive. The range of the properties perceived in music is much wider and richer than is commonly recognized; and their … Read More
A British Society of Aesthetics Connections Conference University of Cambridge, 9-10 August 2014 http://www.aestheticsandmetaethics.com Speakers: Russ Shafer-Landau Paul Boghossian Jessica Wilson Rob Hopkins Max Kolbel Simon Kirchin Angela Breitenbach More TBA Are there facts about whether something is beautiful, or … Read More