BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Grails iCalendar plugin//NONSGML Grails iCalendar plugin//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260608T100232Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20160319T060000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20160319T130000 SUMMARY:DE GUSTIBUS: Arguing About Taste with Peter Kivy UID:20260618T124427Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Canterbury\, United Kingdom\, CT2 7NZ DESCRIPTION:

This one-day symposium focuses on (and takes its title from) Peter Kivy&rsquo\;s new book De Gustibus: Arguing About Taste and Why We Do It (Oct 2015\, OUP). Kivy will be joined by Emily Brady\, Eileen John\, and Peter Lamarque\, who will respond to Kivy&rsquo\;s book in an &lsquo\;author meets critics&rsquo\; format.
Peter Kivy is a pre-eminent figure in Anglo-American philosophy of art. His numerous monographs and essays constitute a sustained and significant contribution to aesthetics\, and in particular to the fields of aesthetics of music and literature. Kivy&rsquo\;s new book\, De Gustibus\, turns to meta-aesthetic issues about the assumptions and purposes underlying disputes about matters of taste.
In it he casts light on a new problem in aesthetics: who do we dispute about taste when there are no &rsquo\;actions&rsquo\; we wish to motivate? He asks\, &ldquo\;whether I think Bach is greater than Beethoven and you think the opposite\, why should it matter to either of us to convince the other?&rdquo\; Kivy&rsquo\;s claim is that we argue over taste because we think\, mistakenly or not\, that we are arguing over matters of fact.
Attendance is free\, but space is limited\, so please register in advance. ?Register at: http://aesthetics-research.org ?For further information contact Jade Wackett (jw705@kent.ac.uk).

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