Aesthetic
Foundations
May
18-21, 2017
Ascea,
Italy
~call
for papers~
There
is an explosion of works on the aesthetics of this
and the aesthetics of that
– sport, film, design, television, video games, atmosphere,
graffiti, rap, food, etc. This contemporary diversification involves
a confident
and often facile use of such notions as aesthetic experience,
aesthetic value, aesthetic appreciation, and so on. But this use in
fact belies confusion about what these terms mean, or what we mean
when we use them. The question of what makes any kind of encounter a
particularly aesthetic one cuts to the heart of the discipline at its
most complex. Not only are there divergent approaches to locating the
aesthetic – in the properties of objects on the one hand, or the
phenomenology of our experiences on the other – there is also a
great deal of disagreement about what values arise from, or are
involved in, these experiences, and how they differ from the ways we
otherwise give our attention to the world. The
VIIth
International
Wassard
Elea Symposium
is dedicated to a reconsideration of these core problems in
aesthetics:
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What is the nature of aesthetic experience? Is it primarily evaluative?
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Is the aesthetic necessarily linked to pleasure and enjoyment?
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What is the difference between aesthetic value and other values (cognitive, etc.)?
Wassard
Elea
invites philosophers and aestheticians to submit papers on the topics
of this year’s theme (to which papers in applied aesthetics are not
relevant). Sessions of 90 min. include speaker, commentator and open
discussion (40/20/30). Participants whose papers are accepted are
expected to also prepare a commentary on another presentation at the
meeting. All suitable contributions are published in our journal,
Wassard
Elea Rivista.
Inquiries
are welcome.
Full papers (format: word) should be sent directly to co-organizers:
Prof. Lars Aagaard-Mogensen, Via La Chiazzetta 27, I-84046 Ascea
(Sa), Italy: wassardelea(at)gmail.com
or Prof. Jane Forsey, University of Winnipeg, Canada:
j.forsey(at)uwinnipeg.ca.
Deadline
for submissions: January 15, 2017.
Information
on accommodations will be posted in due course.
Wassard
Elea
Refugium
for writers, artists, composers, and scholars in Southern Italy
Wassardelea.blogspot.it
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