British Society of Aesthetics Postgraduate Stipends
The British Society of Aesthetics invites postgraduate students in the UK to apply for stipends of up to £800 towards travel and accommodation costs for participation in conferences or research visits to other universities on topics in aesthetics and the … Read More
Creativity and the Art of Memory
Presented by Luca Baptista, Room 2.17, ID Building, FCSH/NOVA, Lisbon It might seem that memorization and creativity are at opposite ends, but actually the traditional art of memory emphasized the creation of striking images to be put in a fixed … Read More
The Paradox of Precision
Culture Studies, Colloquium Lecture Prof. Simone Mahrenholz, University of Manitoba The Paradox of Precision, or: The Logical Birth of Aesthetics from the Dead-End of Rationalism The talk claims that we are entertaining conflicting ideas on what “precision” in judging and … Read More
Philosophy and Art – panel event and discussion
Philosophy and Art – panel event and discussion Wednesday 30th March 6-7.30pm Pennethorne’s Drawing Room (Somerset House)* www.pennethornes.co.uk What role, if any, should philosophy play in the creation of art? Philosophers of art are not art critics. While the critic … Read More
Immersion – Design – Art: Revisited
Congress at the Muthesius University Kiel and University of Applied Sciences Kiel, Germany (19–21 May 2016) – Thursday (Muthesius University) 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm: Welcome and introduction 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm: Norbert M. Schmitz (Kiel): Die doppelte Immersion … Read More
CFA: Crowther’s Aesthetics
National University of Ireland Galway, Thursday May 12 2016. Over the last 25 years Paul Crowther has developed a wide-ranging normative and cognitivist aesthetics that explains why the making and experience of art is so important for humanity. Uniquely, he … Read More
LAF: Peter Kivy
London Aesthetics Forum (Institute of Philosophy) Wednesday,16 March 2016 | 16.00 – 18.00 Senate House, Room 246 Peter Kivy (Rutgers) Knowledge and Novel Knowledge: Quelle Difference? I have written often and at times at length on the question of whether … Read More
CFA: Essence and Context – A Conference Between Music and Philosophy
Essence and Context: A Conference Between Music and Philosophy Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre (Tilto g. 16, Vilnius, LITHUANIA) 31st August — 3rd September 2016 Keynote speakers include: •Professor PAUL BOGHOSSIAN (New York University) •Professor VYTAUTAS LANDSBERGIS (Lithuania) •Professor … Read More
CFP: Just a Game? The Aesthetics and Ethics of Video Games
Deadline 15th March 2016 24–25 June 2016, University of Kent, Canterbury Video games have become one of the most popular forms of entertainment today. Many of them possess a wide array of artistic and aesthetic qualities and there is growing … Read More
Mental imagery, cognitive penetration and our perception of visual art
Mental imagery, cognitive penetration and our perception of visual art imagery, cognitive penetration and our perception of visual art Art and vision science talk series. The Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House, Strand, London Speaker: Bence Nanay (Antwerp/Cambridge) Abstract: Those … Read More
CFP: Philosophy, Imagination and the Arts
The Nordic Society of Aesthetics Annual Conference 26-28 May 2016, Uppsala University, Sweden Keynote speakers: Noel Carroll (CUNY Graduate Center) Stacie Friend (Birkbeck College, University of London) Jason Gaiger (The Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford) Lydia Goehr (Columbia … Read More
CFP: Ricoeur in a Global Age
The Society for Ricoeur Studies is pleased to announce the theme of the 2016 conference “Crossing Boundaries: Ricoeur in a Global Age” in celebration of the 10 year anniversary of the Society. The conference will be held in Chicago, Illinois. … Read More