Aesthetics: I focus on cultural differences in art classification and interpretation, art ontology, artistic and aesthetic properties, and the borderlines of art and the aesthetic. I discussed issues of high social relevance, such as pornography and its artistic and moral status in the modern world. I had an opportunity to engage in international collaboration with Prof. Richard Kamber, working on an experimental philosophy paper concerning art classification, and I am currently preparing an interdisciplinary experiment with a psychologist, Dr Eva Murzyn.
Applied Ethics: I look at the moral implications of recent developments in medicine of psychoactive substances: cognitive enhancement, vaccinations against drugs, and the use of drugs in treatment of psychological disorders. I address the moral status of drug use and addiction, moral justification behind actions aimed at preventing use and addiction, and the implications the use of vaccinations would have for civil rights.
Publication list:
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"Categorical Imperfections: Marginalisation and Scholarship Indexing Systems" Symposion 7, 2 (2020): 219-238. |
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| "The cultural definition of art" Metaphilosophy 48.4 (2017), 404-29. |
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| "Errors in 'The History of an Error'", with Aaron Meskin British Journal of Aesthetics 56.2 (2016), pp. 179-185. |
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| "A critique of functionalist definitions of art" Dialogues on Culture and Education 8.2 (2015), pp. 27-46. |
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"The Cluster Account of Art: a Historical Dilemma" Contemporary Aesthetics 12 (2014). |
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"Solving Wollheim's Dilemma: A Fix for the Institutional Definition of Art" Metaphilosophy 44.5 (2013), pp. 640-654. |
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"A critique of moderate formalism" Estetika L/VI.1 (2013), pp. 41-52. |
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"A proposal for a dualistic ontology of art" Sztuka i Filozofia 42 (2013), pp. 29-47. 19th Jubilee International Congress of Aesthetics issue. |
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"Pornographic Art - A Case from Definitions" The British Journal of Aesthetics 52.3 (2012), pp. 287-300. |
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"Constructive thoughts on Pierre Menard" Philosophy and Literature 35.2 (2011), pp. 338-347. |
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| Book Chapters |
"What is aesthetic value good for these days?" Composition Matters. Ed. by Iwo Zanieweski, forthcoming. |
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| Book Reviews |
H. Maes (ed.): Pornographic Art and the Aesthetics of Pornography
The British Journal of Aesthetics (2015). |
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T. Andina: The Philosophy of Art: The Question of Definition The British Journal of Aesthetics 55.1, pp. 122-125 (2015). |
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H. Maes and J. Levinson (eds.): Art and Pornography. Philosophical Essays Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 71.4 (2013), pp. 381-383. |
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Conference presentations:
| 2018 | Decolonising Philosophy Curricula with the Diversity Reading List (workshop) Diversity in Philosophy Conference
University of Konstanz, Germany |
19--20 July 2018 |
Edinburgh Learning and Teaching Conference (poster)
University of Edinburgh, UK |
20 June 2018 | |
| Designing for online learning Online Pedagogy Conference
University of Edinburgh, UK |
24--25 May 2018 | |
| 2017 | The rationalities of fictional emotions The Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society & the Mind Association
University of Edinburgh, UK |
14-16 July 2017 |
| Decolonising Philosophy Curricula with the Diversity Reading List (workshop) (with Alison Toop) The Profession We Want. Practical Ways to Improve Philosophy
University of Manchester, UK |
15-16 May 2017 | |
| 2016 | Towards a relational theory of comics: A hybrid theory of a hybrid art-form (with Aaron Meskin) Mixing Visual Media in Comics
St. John's, NL, Canada |
13-14 Oct 2016 |
Comics Crossroads: A symposium on Comics Studies
University of Kent, UK |
26 June 2016 | |
| 2015 | The paradox of fiction: an irrational solution American Society for Aesthetics Annual Meeting
Savannah, USA |
11-14 Nov 2015 |
Dutch Association for Aesthetics annual conference
Leuven, Belgium |
27-28 Feb 2015 | |
| Recreational drug use and ethics Israeli Philosophy Association annual conference Tel Aviv, Israel |
18 Feb 2015 |
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| 2014 | What is the artworld? |
22 Sep 2014 |
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Are drugs bad? |
27-29 June 2014 |
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15-16 May 2014 | |
| The Cultural Definition of Art | 29-31 May 2014 |
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| 19-20 May 2014 | ||
| 2013 | For Whom is Shunga Art? |
19 Dec 2013 |
| The ethics of psychoactive drugs |
1-3 Nov 2013 |
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| Art or Pornography? Philosophical Reflections on a False Dilemma |
20-12 Apr 2013 |
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| A proposal for a dualistic ontology of art |
21-27 July 2013 |
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| 2012 |
27-28 Sep 2012 | |
| The Cluster Account of Art and History | 22 Apr 2012 |
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| Good reasons to stay institutional
Institutionalism and the Aesthetic symposium American Society for Aesthetics Eastern Division annual conference Philadelphia, US |
20-21 Apr 2012 |
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| Solving Wollheim's Dilemma | 2-3 Mar 2012 |
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| 12-13 Jan 2012 |
