Aesthetic Investigations is a new international journal for aesthetics. It is Open Access and anonymously reviewed. The first issue is scheduled to appear Spring 2015. Aesthetic Investigations is published on behalf of the Dutch Association of Aesthetics (the Nederlands Genootschap voor Esthetica, est. 1997).
Our interest is with the present. The history of aesthetics is discussed for its pertinence for contemporary debates. The aim of Aesthetic Investigations is to develop contemporary debates in philosophical aesthetics, and initiate new ones—and to do this from any available angle. We welcome contributions from analytical as well as continental philosophers of art.
The journal encourages philosophical discussion amongst philosophers, humanities researchers and critics, of all the arts and those interested in the aesthetics of the everyday; about the norms of success and correctness at stake in their discipline; about the phenomenology of the appreciative experience of all the art forms, and of particular exemplary works and situations.
Aesthetic Investigations also encourages debates about philosophical issues regarding one or the other of the art forms; the impact of works of art on their public, political, ethical, cultural context, and of these contexts on the works; the ontology of art, and their definition, and so on.
Lastly, Aesthetic Investigations encourages reports of artistic research activities—distinguishing between the material scrutiny done while making a work and the research preceding such scrutiny. The Arts & Artists-section is devoted to the contribution of artistic scrutiny and artistic research and includes art-critical discussion, interviews with artists, and patrons, as well as interviews with philosophers of art. This rubric also allows criticism of articles in the article-section. Criticism of articles from other journals shall count as articles.
THE ARTICLES-SECTION
We adhere to the view that communication is possible at all levels, but do not assume that all philosophers speak the same language. We start by letting all philosophies speak in their own tongue, allowing philosophers to clarify their points using their own philosophical jargon. The clarification, it is our hope, is what will bring about the conversation. Let us all be clear — in our own terms.
Articles should not normally exceed 7,500 words. Our website facilitates that articles be submitted in anonymised form, for the sake of blind reviewing, and that biographical details and a 150 words abstract are provided in a separate file. Pictures to be included, are delivered as separate files (indicate clearly in the text where they should go). Copyright clearance is the author’s responsibility.
THE DISCUSSION SECTION
This section is ordered thematically and is edited by the editorial board. Contributions to the Discussion section should not normally exceed 3000 words and should include an abstract of no more than 100 words.
THE ARTS & ARTISTS-SECTION
Of course, arts and artists are part of the conversations in the philosophies of the arts. We encourage critics to discuss the philosophical aspects of artists’ works; artists to write about their own work, or about the works of others. We encourage philosophers to talk to artists about their works, and so on.
The Arts & Artists-section is edited by two editors—the section is not peer-reviewed. Contributions to the Arts & Artists-section should not normally exceed 3000 words and should include an abstract of no more than 100 words. We welcome the inclusion of pictures, which are eligible for publication as “the image of the journal” on the home page of an issue.
THE REVIEWS
Reviews should not normally exceed 2000 words.
TRANSLATIONS
All texts submitted should be original, but we allow translations into English of articles and contributions to the Arts & Artists-section, with the proviso that the quality of the English is the author’s responsibility.
EDITORIAL BOARD
* Editor in chief: Rob van Gerwen, Utrecht University | editor@aestheticinvestigations.eu
* Associate Editor: Arthur Cools, University of Antwerp | cools@aestheticinvestigations.eu
* Editor Arts & Artists-section: Rob Scholte, Den Helder | artsartists@aestheticinvestigations.eu
* Editor Arts & Artists-section: Sue Spaid, Brussels | artsartists@aestheticinvestigations.eu
* Assistant to the editor: Jurry Ekkelboom | info@aestheticinvestigations.eu
BOARD OF ADVISORS
* Mauro Carbone (Université de Lyon 3)
* Paul Crowther (National University of Ireland, Galway)
* Josef Früchtl (University of Amsterdam)
* Christopher Fynsk (University of Aberdeen)
* Jason Gaiger (Oxford University, the John Ruskin School of Art and Drawing)
* Carolyn Korsmeyer (State University of New York at Buffalo)
* Thierry Lenain (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
* Jerrold Levinson (University of Maryland)
* Derek Matravers (The Open University)
* Graham McFee (University of Brighton, UK (em.) and California State University Fullerton, USA.)
* Jos de Mul (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
* Monique Roelofs (Hampshire College)
* Yuriko Saito (Rhode Island School of Design)
* Martin Seel (Goethe Universität, Frankfurt)
* Richard Shusterman (Florida Atlantic University)
* Paul Taylor (Penn State University, Pennsylvania)
* Renée van de Vall (Maastricht University)
* Lambert Wiesing (Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena)
* Edward Winters (London)
AND FURTHER …
* ISSN: 2352-2704
* Contributions are published following the Creative CommonsAttribution 4.0 License (CC BY 4.0):http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
* Texts to be submitted should either be in LaTeX (and BibTeX) or in Word (doc or docx), OpenOffice, or RTF.
* Aesthetic Investigations will be widely indexed.
* Aesthetic Investigations is hosted at: http://www.aestheticinvestigations.eu
* Aesthetic Investigations is a continuation in the English language of our previous bilingual journal, Esthetica. Tijdschrift voor Kunst en Filosofie, which has appeared since 2001, but is now discontinued. Esthetica will be archived at www.estheticatijdschrift.nl