What makes art honest—and does it matter? I talk with philosopher Jeremy Page about self-expression, deeper truths, and when bending facts works (or doesn’t). From memoirs to Marvel, Seinfeld to stand-up, we explore honesty’s role across genres. Check it out!!!
Check out my paper on the ontology of music genres with @emmiemalone.bsky.social and @news4wombats.bsky.social!!!
New episode: I talk with Cynthia Freeland about the aesthetics of Korean dramas (K-dramas). We discuss romance, reincarnation, censorship, class, fate, white panel vans, why Band-Aids can be sexy, and much, much more. Check it out!!! youtu.be/5L6L0nJ2N1k
Check out my new and improved Philosophy of Games syllabus, featuring @add-hawk.bsky.social, @stephaniepatridge.bsky.social, @cjbartel.bsky.social, and more!!!
Check out the incomparable Jennifer Judkins' generous and enthusiastic review of *Taylor Swift and the Philosophy of Re-recording: The Art of Taylor’s Versions* at JAAC!!! doi.org/10.1093/jaac...
New episode: Adriana Clavel-Vázquez and I discuss how racism shapes aesthetic perception, why seeing is never neutral, and how art helps us learn (and can help us unlearn) harmful perceptual habits. Check it out!!!
Happy to report that @lizscar.bsky.social's and my article "Patina of Sound: Valuing Vinyl Records as Relics of Aged Interaction," was just published by ESPES. The Slovak Journal of Aesthetics as part of a symposium on Art, Aesthetics, and the Sense of Touch edited by @carolynkorsmeyer.bsky.social!
If you follow Brandon Polite’s work, and you should, you will immediately recognize this anthology’s roots in his Bloomsbury Contemporary Aesthetics Case S
Latest paper on the ontology of genre, coauthored with @politephilosopher.bsky.social and @news4wombats.bsky.social, is now up at the British Journal of Aesthetics! In it, we get into the weeds of Christmas and World music, alien jazz, and Gorgoroth! academic.oup.com/bjaesthetics...
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Abstract. Musicians, listeners, and record labels sort music into genres such as jazz, punk, heavy metal, and so on. Metaphysically, what kind of thing is
Move over, Die Hard. 🎄https://doi.org/10.1093/aesthj/ayaf034 #philsky
British Journal of Aesthetics
excited to say the incomparable @news4wombats.bsky.social, @politephilosopher.bsky.social, and I's paper, "Music Genres as Historical Individuals", was accepted for publication in the British Journal of Aesthetics! The preprint is available here: philpapers.org/rec/MALMGA
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@politephilosopher.bsky.social @news4wombats.bsky.social and I got featured in the daily nous's latest heap of links! The cool part is that OUP made our article available to read for free for the next 90 days!
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What is a music genre? Are we headed towards civil war? Is it better to have a daughter than a son? Would it be better to fund research projects randomly? How should you find literature for your research? How should we deal with the use of AI in research?
Links to things you might find interesting... What is a music genre? -- P.D. Magnus, Emmie Malone, & Brandon Polite explore the idea that music genres are "historical individuals" (thanks to OUP for m...
