Unraveling the mystery of a genre designed for women and by women, but with no women in them. Continue reading

February 20, 2025
by Aesthetics for Birds
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February 20, 2025
by Aesthetics for Birds
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Unraveling the mystery of a genre designed for women and by women, but with no women in them. Continue reading

April 11, 2024
by Aesthetics for Birds
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How scientific experiments and instruments, and the scientific method itself, can be a source of aesthetic appreciation. Continue reading

February 20, 2024
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Philosopher Nic Bommarito looks at George Herriman’s early 20th century comic Krazy Kat Continue reading

March 30, 2023
by Alex King
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If you like something ironically, do you actually like it or not? Paradoxically, the answer seems to be yes AND no. Continue reading

February 3, 2023
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Scholars John Gibson, Magdalena Ostas, and Hannah Kim discuss how art creates meaning, and how we play a role in that meaning-making. Continue reading

January 26, 2023
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Nine scholars discuss the philosophy of comics: What are comics, really? And what artistic and ethical questions do they raise? Continue reading

August 25, 2022
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What an 18th-century Korean philosopher can teach us about vision and color Continue reading

August 5, 2022
by Aesthetics for Birds
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Once you let go of philosophy as abstract ideas put into writing, you start to see it in lots of places, including images. Continue reading

May 12, 2022
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Discussions at the intersection of philosophy, art history, and film Continue reading

April 6, 2022
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The Mississippi River may look like just another river, but experiencing it can contain so much more. Continue reading