2009 Colloquium

The goal of the conference is to introduce philosophers to ways in which the arts can help advance theories of perception and emotion, and to introduce theorists and practitioners of the arts to philosophical work in perception and emotion theory that can shed light on artistic strategies employed in painting, photography, and film. Click on presentation titles to view an abstract and biography.

School of Design, Art, Architecture and Planning, Room 3420

5.00 - 7.00 "The Irony In Pictures"
Taft Lecture: Gregory Currie, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Nottingham, UK, and editor of Mind and Language

School of Design, Art, Architecture and Planning, Room 3420

9.30 - 11.15 "Neurology and the New Riddle of Pictorial Style"
Mark Rollins, Chair and Professor of Philosophy, Washington University in St. Louis

11.15 - 1.00 "Picture Perception and the Two Visual Subsystems"
Bence Nanay, Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biology, Syracuse University, and Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of British Colombia

1.00 - 2.30 Lunch Break

School of Design, Art, Architecture and Planning, Room 3420

2.30 - 4.15 "Twofoldness and Bistability"
John Kulvicki, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Dartmouth College

4.15 - 6.00 "Mood and Movies"
Amy Coplan, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, California State University at Fullerton

7.00: Dinner at the home of Jenefer Robinson, conference director

Cincinnati Art Museum, Fifth Third Lecture Hall, DeWitt entrance

9.30 - 11.15 "Seeing with Feeling"
Jesse Prinz, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at CUNY Graduate School

11.15 - 1.00 "Emotional Expression and the Science of the Face"
Cynthia Freeland, Chair and Professor of Philosophy, University of Houston

1.00 - 4.00: Lunch and an opportunity to explore the Cincinnati Art Museum, including their current exhibit, Surrealism and Beyond, from the Israel Museum, Jerusalem

Cincinnati Art Museum, Fifth Third Lecture Hall, DeWitt entrance

4.00 - 6.00 "Visual Humor, Cognition and Emotion"
Taft Lecture: Noel Carroll, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at CUNY Graduate School

6.00-9.00: Drinks and Conference Dinner at the Cincinnati Art Museum

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