Activities supported by the society
What is Abstraction in Photography? Diarmuid Costello (Warwick) Date: 22 Mar 2017, 16:00 to 18:00 Venue: Holden Room 103, First Floor, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU Abstract On the default view, photography is at bottom an automatic process … Read More
The Scottish Aesthetics Forum is delighted to announce its next lecture: Professor Derek Matravers (Open University) 鈥淭hose Pesky Categories of Fact and Fiction鈥� Tuesday, 7 March, 2017, 4:15 – 6:00pm Sydney Smith Lecture Theatre – Doorway 1 (Medical School, Teviot) … Read More
Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Study, University of London July 21-22, 2017 Is it morally wrong to play violent video games? Academics across numerous disciplines have taken an interest in these issues. Excellent work can be found in philosophy, … Read More
University of Warwick, 6-8/4/2017 NB: the deadline for the call for papers has been extended until 25/1. We particularly welcome new proposals on the themes of 鈥渢ropes鈥� and 鈥渁ttunement鈥�. Confirmed keynote speakers: Derek Attridge (York); Claudia Brodsky (Princeton); Maximilian de … Read More
Wednesday, 11 January 2017 | 16.00 鈥� 18.00 Senate House, Room 234 Brian Ball (New College of the Humanities) Artistic Priorities In this paper, I articulate and defend two explanatory priority theses in the theory of art. The first is … Read More
London Aesthetics Forum (Institute of Philosophy) Wednesday 7th December 2016, 16:00-18:00 Senate House, Room 234 Anne Eaton (University of Illinois, Chicago) The Power of Pictures Most of the conversation about pictures in contemporary analytic philosophy of art concerns issues pertaining … Read More
The Scottish Aesthetics Forum is delighted to announce its upcoming lecture: Professor A. W. Eaton (University of Illinois, Chicago) 鈥淧ropaganda, Pornography, Pictures, and Persuasion鈥� Monday 5 December, 2016, 4:15 – 6:00pm Room 1.20, Dugald Stewart Building, University of Edinburgh The … Read More
17 November 2016 10.00-16.00 Bluecoat Arts Centre, School Lane, Liverpool L1 3BX In celebration of the International Philosophy Day, this one-day workshop explores the role of philosophical reflection in learning, curating and public engagement programmes of arts organisations. Drawing its … Read More
Aesthetics Bites is a podcast series that brings together some of the world鈥檚 leading philosophers for interviews about the most fascinating questions at the intersection of art, aesthetics and philosophy. A collaboration between the London Aesthetics Forum and Philosophy Bites, … Read More
This year it fell to the 糖心视频 to nominate a UK-based philosopher to give the Wollheim Lecture at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetics. We are delighted that the ASA Trustees have enthusiastically voted to accept … Read More