17-19 March 2014, Vienna, Austria. http://presence2014.univie.ac.at Following a series of 14 successful Presence conferences, this conference will convey an overview over the latest developments in Virtual Reality (VR) research. International experts with diverse scientific backgrounds present their research and discuss … Read More
Centre for Philosophical Psychology, University of Antwerp, March 6, 4-6pm Works in different media can belong to the same genre: there are comic films, plays and novels, and there are noir novels and noir films. Many of the claims made … Read More
University of Exeter, 22-24 July 2014 Can the category of ‘nonsense’, either in its logical, literary or linguistic usage, be found in, or applied to, the ancient world? What types of ancient cultural phenomena do we classify as ‘nonsense’ and … Read More
hosted by the Institute of Philosophy of the University of Zurich Programme: Monday, 17th February 2014 University of Zurich, Room KO2-F-174 18:00 – 18:15 Welcome Address 18:15 – 19:15 Keynote: Hans-Johann Glock (University of Zurich): Translation, Incommensurability and Indeterminacy 19:15 … Read More
UNSW Australia and the University of Sydney 12-14 March, 2014 The last two decades can be described as witness to a genuine revival of interest in German romantic and idealist philosophy. Philosophers working in a variety of areas have embraced … Read More
St Mary’s University, Philosophy Royal Institute of Philosophy Public Lecture Prof. Len Platt is Professor of Modern Literatures at Goldsmiths College. Wednesday 5 March, 2014 5.15pm – 6.45pm, followed by a drinks reception Senior Common Room, St Mary’s University, Twickenham … Read More
The London Aesthetics Forum (Institute of Philosophy) organises a one-day workshop on: Aesthetic Adjectives and Disagreements about Taste 14 March 2014 Senate House, Room G104, London http://bit.ly/1bEhlrw This workshop will bring together research in aesthetics, philosophy of language and linguistics … Read More
Casey O’Callaghan (Rice University) February 20, 4-6pm, Centre for Philosophical Psychology, University of Antwerp, Annex, Building R, Stadcampus, Antwerp It is natural to divide the arts into two classes. The first are unimodal art forms, or those whose aesthetically relevant … Read More
21-22 March, 2014 University of Durham Registration deadline: 7 March, 2014 The Philosophy Department at the University of Durham is pleased to announce a two-day, interdisciplinary workshop, including master-classes, artist talks, paper presentations and moderated discussion, on the theme of … Read More
2-3 April 2014 Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford This AHRC-funded workshop, generously sponsored by the Ashmolean Museum, is organised within the framework of an AHRC-funded Research Network Group project on ‘The Ethics and Aesthetics of Archaeology’: https://www.dur.ac.uk/philosophy/research/research_projects/aes.eth.arch/ This wider project … Read More