EPLab
17/07/2023
Kant, Art, and Beautiful Art
Call for abstracts
Kant

3rd edition of the Lisbon Annual Conference on Kant’s Aesthetics


NOVA University Lisbon

11-12 March 2024

In person


KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Robert Clewis, Gwynedd Mercy University


TOPICS TO BE ADDRESSED

  • Kant’s knowledge of art, artists, and artworks
  • Kant’s conception of art broadly considered
  • Kant’s arts beyond beautiful art
  • Kant’s typologies of the arts
  • Is the beauty of art dependent (adherent) or free?
  • What is the role and status of beautiful art, especially when compared with the role and status of beautiful nature, in Kant’s aesthetic theory and in Kant’s critical system?
  • What is the role and status of Kant’s account of beautiful art in the history of aesthetics and philosophy of art as philosophical disciplines?

SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS

Titles and abstracts in English (max. 500 words), prepared for blind review, must be emailed as one document to lisbonkantaesthetics@gmail.com by 1 October 2023. A second document with a short biographical note in English (max. 200 words) must be sent in the same email. Notices of acceptance will be sent out by 15 October 2023.


LANGUAGE

If you wish to give a talk in a language other than English, please note that an English version of the paper must be provided upon acceptance, to be projected during your presentation.


ORGANISER

João Lemos, NOVA University Lisbon


ASSISTANT

Francisco Maia, NOVA University Lisbon


INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT

FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

NOVA FCSH

IFILNOVA

Lisbon Kant Group


PREVIOUS EDITIONS OF THE LISBON ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON KANT’S AESTHETICS

2023: Life and Animation (keynote speaker: Alix Cohen, University of Edinburgh)

2022: Concepts, Imagination, and Aesthetic Appreciation (keynote speaker: Angela Breitenbach, University of Cambridge)