Talk: Jason Day, Psychedelic Theory: Attention & Experience

In this episode of YBOS, Zarmeen speaks with PhD candidate Jason Day about his thesis work which looks to understand the phenomenology of the psychedelic experience. Jason theorizes a change in attention as a crucial aspect of the psychedelic experience. In this episode he explains his theory and also introduces a more controversial take on … Read moreTalk: Jason Day, Psychedelic Theory: Attention & Experience

Talk : Andrew Benjamin “What is the Object of Art?” (17 May 2022)

Talk by Distinguished Professor Emeritus Andrew Benjamin (Monash, Melbourne): What is the Object of Art? To the extent that philosophy concerns itself with experience, the status of the object within experience is often assumed to have an immediate givenness. Whether perception is taken to be purely physiological or ‘theory laden’ forms of immediacy prevail. Perception … Read moreTalk : Andrew Benjamin “What is the Object of Art?” (17 May 2022)

Conference: DGAE 2021

https://www.aesthetikunderkenntnis.dgae.de 14.07.2021, 9h00-11h00, Diskussionsforum 3 PHILOSOPHIE UND IMPROVISATION IN DEN KÜNSTEN Chair: Dieter Mersch Sprecher:innen: Marcello Ruta, Alessandro Bertinetto, Annika Frye, Daniel Martin Feige, Christoph Haffter In den vergangenen Jahrzehnten wurde der Begriff „Improvisation“ nicht nur zu einem innovativen Schwerpunkt von u.a. anthropologischen, neurologischen und kognitiven Studien. Der Begriff der „Improvisation“ hat auch die Erforschung traditioneller ästhetischer … Read moreConference: DGAE 2021