November 22, 2018
by Aesthetics for Birds
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Happy Thanksgiving to all of our lovely readers! Today – as throughout the year – we’re thankful for you, for making this a fun and stimulating space to talk about aesthetics and the philosophy of art. As a little 30-second Thanksgiving Day treat, enjoy turkey dinners in the style of a few famous painters.
February 27, 2018
by C. Thi Nguyen
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Read enough cookbook reviews, and you’ll start to notice a curious gap. Cookbook reviews mostly focus on how the recipes turn out — how tasty the dishes are, or how authentic they are. Sometimes they’ll also talk about the quality of writing, or how much you learn about some region’s culinary history or food science or the author’s childhood or whatever. But usually they leave out what it feels like to actually cook the goddamn things.
November 23, 2017
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As before, we’re bringing you some holiday-themed mini-essays by a few of our regular contributors. Today we’ll be providing some philosophical reflections on Thanksgiving, tradition, and FOOD.
July 21, 2017
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This is entry #67 in our 100 Philosophers, 100 Artworks, 100 Words Series.
May 5, 2017
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We’d like to welcome to the AFB team our newest Wing Commander (“Assistant Editor” in AFB lingo): C. Thi Nguyen! Here are some fun facts about Thi, so you can get to know him: Current position: Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Utah Valley University Background: Once I was a food writer and a restaurant critic for the LA Times. This nearly derailed my graduate school career. Then I had to choose between that and academia. Still unsure if I chose properly. Philosophical interests: Trained as an epistemologist. Currently writing about game aesthetics and food aesthetics and even weirder aesthetics. Also, the epistemology stuff is still alive in a project on understanding how echo chambers work. Also: I swear all these interests are related. Most recent publication: “The Uses of Aesthetic Testimony”, about all the weird kinds of trust relationships our aesthetic lives involve, towards our reviewers, teachers, curators. Other hats: Chair of … Continue reading
January 19, 2016
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Philosopher Sophie Horowitz from the University of Massachusetts Amherst discusses ‘Cheese Slices’ (1986), an oil painting by Wayne Thiebaud. Continue reading
May 26, 2014
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Allan Hazlett reminisces about Thomas Keller’s lamb bacon. Continue reading
