Activities supported by the society
19-20 May 2015, Leeds, UK (Please note the revised submission deadline and format.) We invite papers that are on the conference themes: the psychological, political, and methodological intersections between philosophical studies of race and aesthetics. Please send either a *4000-word … Read More
13-14 February 2015, 09:30 – 18:30 A collaboration between the London Aesthetics Forum and the Centre for Research in Philosophy, Literature and the Arts at the University of Warwick. Hosted by the Institute for Philosophy, London: Fri 13- Sat 14 … Read More
Catharine Abell (Manchester) Wednesday, 4th February 2014 | 16.00 – 18.00 Senate House, Room 102 I argue that what’s true according to a fiction is given by the contents of authors’ fiction-making illocutionary acts. According to this account, much less … Read More
Institute of Philosophy, London, September 16-17, 2015. The conceptual apparatus of philosophy of perception has been used in as diverse corners of aesthetics and philosophy of art as debates about depiction, aesthetic experiences, character engagement, our engagement with fictions, our … Read More
The Scottish Aesthetics Forum, supported by the BSA and SPA, proudly presents its inaugural public lecture: Professor Dominic McIver Lopes: “Aesthetic Agency and Value” Wednesday, 11 February, 2015, 4:15-6pm University of Edinburgh, Dugald Stewart Building, 3.11 “A theory of aesthetic … Read More
19-20th May 2015, Leeds, UK CONFIRMED SPEAKERS Alia Al-Saji (McGill University) Nathaniel Adam Tobias C̶o̶l̶e̶m̶a̶n̶ (University College London) Kristie Dotson (Michigan State University) A.W. Eaton (University of Illinois – Chicago) Sherri Irvin (University of Oklahoma) Ron Mallon (Washington University in … Read More
Paloma Atencia-Linares (Kent) @ London Aesthetics Forum (Institute of Philosophy) Wednesday, 14 January 2015 (4-6pm) Senate House, G35 In this talk I explore the peculiar phenomenology of photographic pictorial experience and propose a novel account for the special relation in … Read More
Thursday, 4th December 2014 (17:30 – 19:00) Venue: Group Reception Room Cost: £5 / £3 concessions Booking essential In conjunction with the University of Liverpool and the British Society of Aesthetics, Tate Liverpool presents a Philosophy in the Gallery event. … Read More
Tuesday 2 December 2014 6pm-7pm / Free / Booking required As part of “Philosophy in the Gallery” series in collaboration with the University of Liverpool and the British Society of Aesthetics, Dr Panayiota Vassilopoulou leads an evening of talks and … Read More
***Please note the changed dates and extended deadline*** Sponsored by the Centre for Aesthetics at Leeds and the British Society of Aesthetics May 21-22, 2015, University of Leeds, UK Keynote Speakers: Renee M. Conroy (Philosophy, Purdue-Calumet; Fulbright Scholar in Dance, … Read More