Proyecto &ldquo\;Nuevos paradigmas de la teorí\;a esté\;tica contemporá\;nea&rdquo\; \;(UNAM PAPIIT IG400713)
Dominic McIver Lopes is Distinguished University Scholar and Professor in the Department of \;Philosophy at the University of British Columbia. He works mainly in aesthetics and is a member of \;the UBC aesthetics group. His research focusses on pictorial representation and perception\; the \;aesthetic and epistemic value of pictures\, including scientific images\; theories of art and its value\; \;the ontology of art\; and computer art and new art forms. He is the author of several books: A \;Philosophy of Computer Art (2009)\, Sight and Sensibility: Evaluating Pictures (2005)\, \;Understanding Pictures (1996)\, as well as of a number of articles in prestigious journals. Lopes is \;President of the American Society for Aesthetics (2013-15). He is also a member of the Executive \;Committee of the British Society of Aesthetics\, Secretary-Treasurer of the American Philosophical \;Association Pacific Division\, a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Aesthetics and Art \;Criticism\, and co-editor (with Berys Gaut) of Wiley-Blackwell&rsquo\;s New Directions in Aesthetics book \;series.
Jesse Prinz is a Distinguished Professor of philosophy and director of the Committee for \;Interdisciplinary Science Studies at the City University of New York\, Graduate Center. Prinz works \;primarily in the philosophy of psychology and has authored several books\, among others
Furnishing the Mind: Concepts and Their Perceptual Basis (2002)\, Gut Reactions: A Perceptual \;Theory of Emotion (2004)\, The Emotional Construction of Morals (2007)\, Beyond Human Nature \;(2012)\, and over 100 articles\, addressing such topics as emotion\, moral psychology\, aesthetics and \;consciousness. Much of his work in these areas has been a defense of empiricism against \;psychological nativism\, and he situates his work as in the naturalistic tradition. Prinz is also an \;advocate of experimental philosophy. He is currently working on a book entitled Works of Wonder: \;The Psychology and Ontology of Art (OUP\, forthcoming).
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Inquiries should be sent to Gemma Argü\;ello\, \;gemma.arguellom@gmail.com
Organizing Committee
Gustavo Ortiz-Millá\;n
Marí\;a Herrera
Gemma Argü\;ello