[AMS-announce] CFP: Conference on Roger Scruton's Aesthetics, The Castle, Durham University, UK, July 2008

[Announcements for the AMS]

Conference on Roger Scruton's Aesthetics: The Castle, Durham University 22- 24 July 2008

This is the first conference devoted to assessing Roger Scruton's contribution to philosophical aesthetics.  It will develop an understanding of his work across the discipline of philosophy and elsewhere.  Scruton is a controversial figure and we expect the conference will serve to publicise the domain of philosophical aesthetics outside its arena of specialisation.

Invited participants: Roger Scruton
Philosophers: Jerrold Levinson (music), Paul Boghossian (music), Simon Blackburn (sexual desire), John Hyman (photography), David Davies (photography), Greg Currie (imagination).
Musicologists: Julian Johnson, Max Paddison and Michael Spitzer.

Conference supported by: The British Academy, Mind Association, Analysis, British Society of Aesthetics, Durham University.

Postgraduate student bursaries will be available

Please submit a full paper or a 500 word abstract on any aspect of Scruton's aesthetics by 1 May 2008, to:
Scruton Conference,
Andy Hamilton and Nick Zangwill,
Philosophy Department,
Durham University, Durham DH1 3HP
or a.j.hamilton at durham.ac.uk
(Please state if you need an early decision for grant application purposes.)

Details of accommodation will be given on the web page shortly: http://www.dur.ac.uk/nick.zangwill/ScrutonConference.htm

Organizers: Andy Hamilton and Nick Zangwill