Program
Aesthetic Dis/interestedness and Affects
Thursday and Friday
May 19 - 20, 2022
All times in Central European Summer Time
Thursday, May 19, 2022
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MORNING
Master of Ceremony
Filippo Contesi
(University of Barcelona, Spain)
14:00 - 14:15
Welcome Address
Aaron Alvarez Gonzalez
(University of Barcelona, Spain)
14:15 - 15:30
Opening Keynote Presentation
"Poetry: Experience and Affect"
Peter Lamarque
(University of York, England)
15:35 - 16:15
"The Conflicting Interests of the Kantian Sublime:
Agitation and Suspension as Disinterested Affect"
Ivan Iyer
(Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India)
16:20 - 17:00
"Aesthetic Agency? The Authority Approach"
Keren Gorodeisky
(Auburn University, Alabama, USA)
17:00 - 17:30
Break
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AFTERNOON
Master of Ceremony
Manuel García-Carpintero
(University of Barcelona, Spain)
17:30 - 18:10
"Aesthetic Experience, Affect and Dis/interestedness:
Insights from the Predictive Processing Framework"
Jacopo Frascaroli
(University of York, England)
18:15 - 18:55
"Aesthetic Non-naturalism and Positive Affect"
Daan Evers
(University of Groningen, Netherlands)
19:00 - 20:15
Closing Keynote Presentation
"Disinterestedness: Analysis and Partial Defence"
Nick Zangwill
(University of London, England)
Friday, May 20, 2022
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MORNING
Master of Ceremony
Cecilea Mun
(University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA)
14:00 - 15:15
Opening Keynote Presentation
"Situation Affect and The Values of Art"
Adriana Clavel Vázquez
(University of Oxford, England)
15:20 - 16:00
"The Teleosemantics of Aesthetic Emotions"
Kris Goffin
(University of Antwerp, Belgium
& KU Leuven, Belgium)
16:05 - 16:45
"Propaganda as a Loathsome Art. A Kant-Inspired Account of Propaganda"
João Lemos
(Nova University of Lisbon, Portugal)
16:45 - 17:15
Break
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AFTERNOON
Master of Ceremony
Teresa Marques
(University of Barcelona, Spain)
17:15 - 17:55
"A Fitting-Attitude Approach to Aesthetic Value?"
Uriah Kriegel
(Rice University, Texas, USA)
18:00 - 18:40
"Examining the Role of Desires in Experiences of Beauty"
Anthony Öhnström
(Uppsala University, Sweden)
18:45 - 18:50
Closing Address
Aaron Alvarez Gonzalez
(University of Barcelona, Spain)