Saturday, June 28, 2008

Annual Conference, British Society of Aesthetics, St. Edmund Hall, University of Oxford, September 5-7, 2008.

Guest Speakers:
  • Stephen Davies (University of Auckland) “Why Art Cannot be a Spandrel”
  • Alexander Nehamas (Princeton University)"Because It Was He, Because It Was I: Aesthetics and the Good of Friendship"
  • Berys Gaut (University of St. Andrews) “Interactive Storytelling and Computer Games”
  • Hannah Ginsborg (UC, Berkeley) “Rule-Following and Aesthetic Objectivity”

This year's William Empson lecture will be given by Jonathan Jones (The Guardian) "Painting and the Decline of Magic: Artists, Shamans and Art Factories"

Further information is here: http://www.british-aesthetics.org/conference2008.aspx.

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