British Society of Aesthetics

BSA Annual Conference 2008
St. Edmund Hall, Oxford
September 5-7, 2008

Programme Committee: Diarmuid Costello, Ian Ground, Derek Matravers, Carolyn Wilde.
Programme Chair: Diarmuid Costello
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***Bursaries are available for all graduate students and non-wage-earners***


THE BRITISH SOCIETY OF AESTHETICS ANNUAL CONFERENCE



St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, 5-7 September 2008



Conference Timetable




Friday 5th September











10:30 ~ 12.30























Conference Registration



































12.30 – 1.15pm























Lunch



































1.15 – 1.30pm











Conference Welcome























1.30 - 3.00pm











Session 1 keynote











Hannah Ginsborg











Rule-Following and Aesthetic Objectivity











UC Berkeley











3.00 – 4pm











Session 2











Ken Wilder











Framing an Imaginative Engagement











University of the Arts, London











4.00 – 4.30pm























Coffee



































4.30 – 5.30pm











Session 3











Michael Morris











How Can there be Works of Art?











The University of Sussex











5:30 ~ 7.00











Session 4 Keynote











Alexander Nehamas











“Because it was He, Because it was I”: Aesthetics and the Good of Friendship











Princeton University











7:00











Dinner























Saturday 6th September











9:00 ~10:30











Session 5 (a)




Graduate Papers











Damien Freeman, Magdelene College, Cambridge




Perceiving Emotion in Art











Margot Strohminger, University of Sheffiield



Thought Experiments and the Case for Literary Cognitivism























Session 5 (b)




Graduate Papers











Dan Cavedon-Taylor, Birkbeck




Can Photographic Transparency Explain Photographic Realism?











Josh Johnston, University of British Columbia BSA 2008 Graduate Prize Winner




Reid and Sibley on Using Aesthetic Adjectives











10:30 ~ 11:00























Coffee



































11:00 ~ 12.00











Session 6











Maria-Jose Alcarez-Leon











Art that is Good because it is Immoral











University of Sheffield











12:00 ~ 1.30pm











Session 7




keynote











Berys Gaut











Interactive Storytelling and Computer Games











University of St. St. Andrews

1:30 ~ 2:30pm























Lunch



































2:30 - 3.30pm























BSA Executive Committee Meeting























3:30 ~ 4pm























BSA Annual General Meeting



































4.15 – 5.15pm











Session 8











Douglas Burnham & Ole Martin Skilleas











Wine as an Aesthetic Object











Staffordshire University & University of Bergen











5.15 ~ 6.45pm











Session 9
















Jonathan Jones




The Wiliam Empson Lecture











Confessions of a Turner Prize Judge











The Guardian, and Turner Prize Judges Panel, 2009











7pm











Wine Reception followed by Conference Dinner























Sunday 7th September











9:30 ~10:30











Session 10











Daniel Kaufman











Interpretation and the ‘Investigative’ Concept of Criticism











Missouri State University











10.30 ~ 11.30











Session 11











Stephen Davies











Why Art is Not a Spandrel











University of Auckland, NZ











11:30 ~ noon











Coffee























noon ~ 1pm











Session 12











James Hamilton











Why Theatrical Performance is Not Pretence











Kansas State University











1pm ~ 2.pm











Session 13











Andrew Kania




BSA 2008 Essay Prize Winner











The Methodology of Musical Ontology: Descriptivism and its Implications











Trinity University, Texas

2.00











Close of Conference