2007 Conference on Issues in Modern Philosophy: "Aesthetic Judgment"

The New York University Department of Philosophy sponsors annual conferences on issues in modern philosophy. Each conference invites a number of distinguished philosophers to examine the development of a central philosophical problem from early modern philosophy to the present, seeking to understand the evolution of formulations of the problem and of approaches to resolving it. By examining the work of philosophers of the past both in historical context and in relation to contemporary philosophical thinking, the conferences aim to allow philosophy’s past and present to illuminate each other.

The 2007 Conference, "Aesthetic Judgment," will be held November 9-10, 2007.   Registration for the conference is now closed.

Papers for the 2007 conference are linked to below. Some of these files are password-protected; the username is "modern" and the password will be emailed to conference participants.

Conference registration: Friday, 1:30-2:30pm

Peter Kivy: Sensibility and Sense
Friday, 2:30-4:30pm

Richard Moran: Kant, Proust, and the Appeal of Beauty
Friday, 5:00-7:00pm

Robert Pippin: The Absence of Aesthetics in Hegel's Aesthetics
Saturday, 10:00am-12:00pm

Sebastian Gardner: Nietzsche's Philosophical Aestheticism
Saturday, 2:00-4:00pm

Noel Carroll: Les Culs de Sac of Enlightenment Aesthetics
Saturday, 4:30-6:30pm

Alexander Nehamas: The 'Judgment' of Taste is Not a Judgment
Saturday, 4:30-6:30pm



Past conferences:
2006: "Understanding Space and Time"
2005: "Reason and the Emotions in Modern Philosophy"  
2004: "Self-consciousness and Personal Identity in Modern Philosophy"


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