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Is art dangerous or harmless? Is it still meaningful to talk about beauty in art? What is the role of art, if there is any role at all? These questions have been playing a central role in philosophical reflection since … Read More

June 6, 2017, 10–13 h, 15–17 h; University of Basel, eikones Forum, Rheinsprung 11, CH-4051 Basel Lydia Goehr (Columbia)  “Picture this!” Using opera and the arts to experiment with thought / Using thought to experiment with opera and the arts … Read More

August 22-23 Senate House, London Funded by a British Society of Aesthetics Connections Grant   Organised by: Alex Grzankowski (Birkbeck) & Cain Todd (Lancaster) This will be a 2-day event featuring 9 speakers representing the philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychology, and … Read More

Porto, Portugal | Faculdade de Letras – Universidade do Porto October 11-13, 2017 The Philosophy of the City Research Group is a global community of scholars who are dedicated to understanding the city and urban issues. We invite you to … Read More

Debates in Aesthetics, Vol. 13, No. 1, Special Issue on the work of Stephen Davies (Auckland)     The Postgraduate Journal of Aesthetics has just been relaunched as Debates in Aesthetics, with a new issue on the work of Stephen Davies (Auckland). Debates in … Read More

CALL FOR PAPERS The Philosophy of Portraits: An international conference April 13-14, 2018 University of Maryland College Park Portraits are everywhere. One finds them not just in museums and galleries, but also in newspapers and magazines, in the homes of … Read More

On Thursday 25th and Friday 26th of January 2018 the Humanities Department of the Open University the Netherlands organizes the international conference ‘The Icon as Cultural Model: Past, Present and Future’.  We cordially invite scholars from various disciplines to send … Read More

We are very happy to announce the program for our upcoming conference Women in Philosophy: Philosophy in Action to be held at Uppsala’s Museum Gustavianum on the 22nd- 23rd May.  22nd May             Aesthetics 9.30 – 10.45  Anne Eaton (Chicago) TBA 10.55- 11.40              Jessica … Read More

University of Kent, Canterbury, June 5-6 Marking the 10th anniversary of the Aesthetics Research Centre (ARC) at the University of Kent, Aesthetics Today will begin with a symposium on June 5 aiming to generate discussion concerning the most general principles and questions preoccupying … Read More

Registration is now open for “The Arts of Spinoza + Pacific Spinoza”, the annual Interstices conference, which will take place 26-28 May 2017, at the University of Auckland and AUT University. [X][X] Plenary events: Friday 26 May — URBAN NATURES … Read More

Im Rahmen der Gastvortragsreihe “Philosophische Dimensionen des BegriffsObjektivität” lädt Das Innovationszentrum Wissensforschung (IZW) / Berlin Center for Knowledge Research ein zu einem Vortrag von Dr. Fernando Silva (Universität Lissabon): “Im Gerhin Lerm schlagen”: Kant on wit as an anthropological-aesthetic category Ort: Hauptgebäude … Read More

COLUMBIA GLOBAL CENTERS – PARIS Conférence HUMANISME DE L´AUTRE : Art, Espace, Architecture (Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse 75006) Vendredi 12 mai 10h Mots d’accueil (Doris von Drathen et Raphael Zagury-Orly, Loren Wolfe) 10h15 – Bernhard … Read More