October 29-31, 2015, Universidade do Minho (Braga, Portugal), Instituto de Letras e Ci锚ncias Humanas
After Valladolid in 2014, Braga will host the second Iberian Meeting on Aesthetics. These meetings intend to foster the collaboration between Portuguese and Spanish scholars on philosophical aesthetics, as well as the promotion and open discussion of rigorous research in the field. This year鈥檚 edition is devoted to the topic of 鈥渁esthetic concepts鈥�. Jerome Stolnitz once considered 鈥渄isinterestedness鈥� to be the only truly aesthetic concept available since all others were either misconceptions or metaphorical transfers from other philosophical areas. This meeting proposes an opportunity to reassess the use of a wide range of concepts with which philosophers have been seeking to apprehend the aesthetic phenomena.
Keynote speakers: Carlos Jo茫o Correia (University of Lisbon), Ana Garc铆a Varas (University of Zaragoza), Arto Haapala (University of Helsinki)
We invite philosophers and scholars to submit 700 word abstracts for papers in philosophical aesthetics, particularly (but not exclusively) on matters related to the topic of 鈥渁esthetic concepts鈥�, including
鈥淎esthetic semantics鈥�
鈥淧hilosophy of art criticism鈥�
鈥淗istory of aesthetics鈥�
鈥淢别迟补辫丑辞谤鈥�
鈥淎rt in the age of pluralism鈥�
鈥淎rtistic interpretation鈥�
Presentation of papers: 30 minutes plus 15 minutes of discussion
Portuguese, English, and Spanish will be official languages at the conference.
Organizers: V铆tor Moura (University of Minho), Nuno Crespo (New University of Lisbon) and Mar铆a Jos茅 Alcaraz (University of Murcia)
Scientific Committee:
Anna Christina Ribeiro (Texas Tech University)
Antonio Molina (University of Seville)
Francisca P茅rez Carre帽o (University of Murcia)
Gerard Vilar (University Aut贸noma de Barcelona)
Jo茫o Maria Andr茅 (University of Coimbra)
Jo茫o Pedro Cachopo (New University of Lisbon)
Sixto Castro (University of Valladolid)
Vicente Jarque (University of Castilla- La Mancha)
Correspondence and submissions:
V铆tor Moura, Departamento de Filosofia, Universidade do Minho
vmoura@ilch.uminho.pt
Deadline: June 15, 2015.
Acceptance by July 31, 2015.