A YouTube series features interviews with philosophers about their work in aesthetics and the philosophy of art. Continue reading

January 27, 2022
by Aesthetics for Birds
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January 27, 2022
by Aesthetics for Birds
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A YouTube series features interviews with philosophers about their work in aesthetics and the philosophy of art. Continue reading
April 6, 2020
by Alex King
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Now that increasing numbers of people are stuck at home and sheltering in place, I figured I’d do a little series. Every weekday for the duration of this intense period, I’ll post a short definition of some term in/related to aesthetics and philosophy of art. Let’s see how this goes! See them all here. Terms of Art #11: ontology
April 6, 2017
by Alex King
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[Note: An updated, more detailed version of this post was published as “A Plea for Emoji” in the American Society for Aesthetics newsletter.] Some Philosophical Questions about Emoji First, let’s be clear about what we’re talking about. “Emoji(s)” are things like this: [đđ¤], not emoticons like : ) or (T_T) or ÂŻ\_(ă)_/ÂŻ or ă ă ă . (Note: in this post, emoji will be flagged by square brackets so that if you can’t see them, you’ll at least know roughly what you’re missing.)