BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Grails iCalendar plugin//NONSGML Grails iCalendar plugin//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260609T163432Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20121101T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20121101T090000 SUMMARY:The Philosophical Quarterly Essay Prize: Philosophy and the Expressive Arts UID:20260611T132558Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:

From Plato on\, philosophy has had an uneasy relationship with expressive \;arts such as narrative\, poetry\, drama\, music\, painting\, and now film. If \;philosophy today can learn from science\, can it learn from the arts as \;well-- or even instead? If so\, what can it learn?

Does expressive art access truths\, particularly ethical truths\, that \;cannot be expressed any other way? If it does\, what can ethicists and \;other philosophers say about these truths? If it does not\, what \;differentiates expressive from merely decorative art?

Some philosophers insist with Wittgenstein that &ldquo\;whatever can be said at \;all can be said clearly&rdquo\;. In that case\, are artistic uses of language such \;as metaphor and imagery just "colour"\, as Frege called it - just ways of \;dressing up thoughts that philosophers\, by contrast\, should consider in \;their plainest possible form?

We welcome submissions of 8\,000 words or fewer addressing these or other \;questions about philosophy and the expressive arts.

Electronic submission is preferred and contributions may be sent as email \;attachments to \;pq@st-andrews.ac.uk.

Essays should be typed in double spacing. Most formats are acceptable\, but \;PDF is preferred. Alternatively\, non-electronic submissions may be sent to \;the address below.

Three copies of each essay are required and these will not be returned. \;All entries will be regarded as submissions for publication in The \;Philosophical Quarterly\, and both winning and non-winning entries judged \;to be of sufficient quality will be published.

The closing date for submissions is 1st November 2012.

All submissions should be headed 'The Expressive Arts&rsquo\; Prize Essay \;Competition (with the author's name and address given in a covering \;letter\, but NOT in the essay itself) and sent to:

The Journal Manager
The Philosophical Quarterly
University of St Andrews
KY16 9AR
Scotland\,
UK

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