Peter Lamarque Conference

Event details

A British Society of Aesthetics/University of York Conference 

On the occasion of Peter Lamarque’s retirement from York, there will be a full-on philosophical celebration of his work. Both long-time interlocutors and early-career researchers will engage with ideas and issues in Peter’s remarkable oeuvre.  Please follow this link to register: tinyurl.com/PeterLamarqueConference 

Note that spaces at the dinner are limited (and at the guest’s expense) – please follow the instructions at the link to sign up if you wish to join us for dinner.

Programme:

Day 1 – Wednesday 5 July (11.00am to 5:30pm)

11.30am - Eileen John (Warwick) 
‘Style and Personality in the Philosophical Work’ 

12.30am - Andriy Bilenkyy (Toronto)
‘Between Fictions and Functions: Lamarque and Olsen on Thematic Aboutness’ 

2.00pm - David Davies (McGill)
‘One dogma of (aesthetic) empiricism’ 

3.00pm - Emily Williamson (CEU)
‘Holism of Art: What Is Art as Art?’ 

4.00pm - Iris Vidmar Jovanović (Rijeka)
‘On Literature and Ethics: Insights from Peter Lamarque’ 

5.00pm - Derek Matravers (Open)
‘Should there be “a philosophy of fiction”?’ 

Reception and Conference Dinner

Day 2 – Thursday 6 July (9:45am to 5:30pm)

10.00am - Filippo Contesi (Barcelona)
‘Stylistic Appearances and Linguistic Diversity’ 

11.00am - Alice Harberd (UCL)
‘The Cognitive Value of Literary Themes’ 

12.00pm - Julian Dodd (Leeds)
‘Not funny any more? Meaning, morality and Woody Allen’s Manhattan’ 

2.00pm - Emily Caddick Bourne (Manchester)
‘Opacity, Interpretation and Fictional Worlds’ 

3.00pm - Christopher Earley (Warwick)
‘On Timelessness and Topicality’ 

3.50pm - Anna Christina Ribeiro (Texas Tech)
‘Thinking with Poetry’ 

4.50pm - Peter Lamarque (York)
Closing Remarks – with Chair Greg Currie (York) 

5.30pm - Conference close 

Organisers: Greg Currie and Eileen John

Conference Assistant: Angelos Sofocleous, for enquiries: angelos.sofocleous@york.ac.uk