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

February 3, 2023
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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
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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
November 4, 2021
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The philosopher and podcaster behind Hi-Phi Nation talks about his creative process, trends, and whether podcasts are really art. Continue reading
August 19, 2021
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Reading star signs does not reliably lead to knowledge, so why read them? Because it’s fun. Continue reading
July 22, 2021
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New podcast “Art Against the World” explores the social relevance of contemporary art Continue reading
November 29, 2019
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Alex King interviews philosophers Jeanette Bicknell, Jennifer Judkins, and Carolyn Korsmeyer. Jeanette Bicknell, Jennifer Judkins, and Carolyn Korsmeyer recently co-edited a collection of new essays, Philosophical Perspectives on Ruins, Monuments, and Memorials. From the book description: This collection of newly published essays examines our relationship to physical objects that invoke, commemorate, and honor the past. The recent destruction of cultural heritage in war and controversies over Civil War monuments in the US have foregrounded the importance of artifacts that embody history. … The authors consider issues of preservation and reconstruction, the nature of ruins, the aesthetic and ethical values of memorials, and the relationship of cultural memory to material artifacts that remain from the past. See the full list of contributing authors here. Below, Alex King interviews them about themes from the volume.