BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Grails iCalendar plugin//NONSGML Grails iCalendar plugin//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260405T195521Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220511T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220511T180000 SUMMARY:The Art of Second Nature UID:20260406T031205Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Colchester\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:

While the concept of &ldquo\;second nature&rdquo\; has received remarkable attention in recent years\, the discussion has mainly focused on neo-Aristotelian accounts. In this lecture\, I develop a neglected post-Kantian alternative. Instead of focusing solely on the model of habit\, this conception shifts our attention to a different paradigm for second nature: the work of art. Following Kant&rsquo\;s account in the third critique\, producing a work of art can be understood as the production of an &ldquo\;other nature&rdquo\;\, expressive of freedom. As the post-Kantian tradition from Schiller and Hegel to Marx and Nietzsche suggests\, the work of art can thus serve as a model for the kind of second nature we require in order to realize an ethical life. Thus\, the production of an ethical second nature is not a matter of mere habituation\, but a challenging &ldquo\;art&rdquo\;: it is an aesthetic task\, a complex dialectical exercise\, and a social practice of objectification.

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