London Aesthetics Forum (Institute of Philosophy) Wednesday\, 10 December 2014 | 16.00 &ndash\; 18.00
Senate House\, G26
Catherine Z. Elgin \;(Harvard) Nature&rsquo\;s Handmaiden\, Art
Many consider art non-cognitive\, contending that art bypasses reason and acts directly and exclusively on \;emotion. I will argue that the arts like the sciences embody\, convey and advance \;understanding. Once we appreciate the multiple and complex modes of \;symbolization by which both the arts and the sciences advance understanding\, we \;see that the differences between them are differences in degree rather than \;differences in kind. Both are powerful instruments that enable us to leverage our \;epistemic resources. Response dependent properties are properties that owe their \;identities to the responses they evoke. If works of art or science evoke novel \;responses\, they may constitute the properties they disclose. \; The talk will be free and open to all. For more information please visit our website \;www.londonaestheticsforum.org
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