Attention, imagination and morality in philosophy and literature

We invite scholars working in ethics, aesthetics, philosophy of art, philosophy of mind, history of philosophy, moral philosophy and other philosophical areas, as well as those coming from cognitive sciences, literary studies, art criticism or art history, to join us at a conference dedicated to the exploration of the notion of attention and imagination and their relation to our moral experience. We are interested in exploring ways in which literature on the one hand, and philosophy on the other, depict attention and imagination and the role they play in our moral life, aesthetic encounters, emotional experiences, and other relevant domain of experience. Of particular interest to us is exploring how attention and imagination feature in the work of philosophical classics, ranging from Kant and Collingwood to Simone Weil and Iris Murdoch.