2024 Colloquium

November 8-9: Knowledge, Perception, and Judgment

Location: CAS 132 (725 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston)

Friday, November 8 

1:00-1:10: Welcome

1:10-2:30
Ben Roth (Philosophy, Emerson College), “Aesthetics, Non-Ideal Theory, and Philosophical Criticism”
Respondent: Maurice Lee (English, Boston University)

2:45-4:05
Michael Clune (English, Case Western University), “Esoteric Art”
Respondent: Samantha Matherne (Philosophy, Harvard University)

4:30-5:50
Hande Tuna (Philosophy, University of California-Santa Cruz), “Beyond Accuracy and Expertise in Aesthetics”
Respondent: Jess Keiser (English, Tufts University)

Saturday, November 9

9:30-10:50
Nancy Bauer, “The Moral Wrongs of Contemporary Higher Education”
Respondent: Robert Chodat (English, Boston University)

11:00-12:20
Amanda Anderson (English, Brown University), “Rumination and Literary Form”
Respondent: Samia Hesni (Philosophy, Boston University)

2:30-3:50
Nan Z. Da (English, Johns Hopkins University), “On the Difference Between Real and Artificial Intelligence, Beginning with Entailment”
Respondent: Juliet Floyd (Philosophy, Boston University)

4:15-5:35
John Gibson (Philosophy, University of Louisville), “Criticism and Aboutness”
Respondent: Yoon Sun Lee (English, Wellesley College)