The Aesthetics Reading Group is pleased to welcome as guest speaker Alexandra King, associate professor in the Department of Philosophy at Simon Fraser University. Currently, she is thinking through what aesthetic normativity looks like: the shape it takes, its parallels and interactions with other varieties of normativity (like the moral and … Read More
The Aesthetics Reading Group is delighted to welcome as guest speaker John Dyck, assistant professor emeritus in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Mississippi State University. Talk Title The Veracity of Beauty and the Ambition of Realism Talk Abstract Some have said that the beauty of some things (perhaps … Read More
Aesthetic cultures across the globe diverge in taste. Every art form presents something unique to those who know it. In this all-day, in-person workshop, four philosophers will explore the phenomenon, while three scholars from outside philosophy will comment.
Samantha Matherne is an assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy at Harvard University who works primarily in the history of philosophy, focusing on Immanuel Kant and his influence on Post-Kantian traditions,
