Scottish Aesthetics Forum
Poster for a talk on the veracity of beauty, by John Dyck

John Dyck: 'The Veracity of Beauty and the Ambition of Realisms'

Poster for a lecture on holism in pictures by Rob Hopkins.

Robert Hopkins: 'Holism in Pictures and the Pervasiveness of Style'

Poster for a lecture on aesthetic skepticism and epistemic permissivism by Rebecca Wallbank.

Rebecca Wallbank: 'On Aesthetic Skepticism and Epistemic Permissivism'

Poster for a presentation titled "Towards a Decolonial Universalism" by Adriana Clavel-Vázquez.

Adriana Clavel-Vazquez: 'Towards a Decolonial Universalism in Aesthetics'

2025/2026

2024/2025

Poster for a lecture titled "Aesthetic Slurs" by Daisy Dixon, hosted by the Scottish Aesthetics Forum.

Daisy Dixon: 'Aesthetic Slurs'

Event poster for a talk by Catharine Abell on experience in appreciating art, 24 April 2023.

Catharine Abell: 'The Role of Experience in Appreciating Art'

Event poster for a lecture by Irene Martinez Marin on aesthetic coherence at the University of Glasgow.

Irene Martínez Marín: 'The Normativity of Aesthetic Coherence'

Poster for a talk by Lavell Anderson on racial satire, featuring event details and Zoom link.

Luvell Anderson: 'The Challenge of Racial Satire'

Event poster for "Based on a True Story: Bullshit, Lies and Docudramas" by Jennifer Welchman.

Jennifer Welchman: 'Based on a True Story: Bullshit, Lies and Docudramas'

Poster for the Scottish Aesthetics Forum featuring event details and speakers' names.

Chris Earley: 'Art Lacks (Epistemic) Discipline'

Promotional poster for a Scottish Aesthetics Forum event featuring Emily Carrick.

Emily Caddick Bourne: 'Supernatural Fiction in the Actual World'

Poster for a forum featuring Nathan Wildman on AR, VR, and new art forms, with event details.

Nathan Wildman: 'Virtually New Art? AR, VR, & Novel Art Forms'

2022/2023

Poster for the Scottish Aesthetics Forum event featuring a figure on a rocky hillside.

Justin D'Ambrosio: 'Imagining What Things are Like and the Paradox of Fiction'

Event poster for a talk by Colin Troesken on cognitive permisivism and virtual media at St Andrews.

Colin Troesken: 'Cognitive Pessimism and Virtual Media'

2021/2022

Poster for a talk on body ethics by Aili Bresnahan, featuring event details and an artistic design.

Aili Bresnahan: 'Body Ethics'

Poster for a forum event featuring Mark Miller discussing horror films with an eye graphic.

Mark Miller: 'The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Horror Films'

Announcement for a Scottish Aesthetics Forum event featuring Kathrine Cuccuru on 20 January 2023.

Kathrine Cuccuru: 'Philocles Becomes a 'Lover': The Sublime as Philosophical Practice in Shaftesbury's The Moralists'

Event poster for a talk by Claire Anscomb on AI and human creativity, 9 December 2021.

Claire Anscomb: 'Automating Aesthetic Choices: How Does AI Affect Human Creativity?' Abstract

Poster for a virtual event featuring Rafael De Clercq on architectural documentation, 18 Nov 2021.

Rafael De Clercq: 'The Dehumanization of Architecture'

Event poster for Peg Brand Weiser discussing beauty norms in body image on Zoom.

Peg Brand Weiser: 'Changing Perceptions of Beautiful Bodies: The Athletic Agency Model'

2020/2021

Event flyer for a talk on Charles Rennie Mackintosh at the Scottish Aesthetics Forum.

Aurosa Alison: 'The Aesthetics of Charles Rennie Mackintosh: The Great Culture of Senses'

Event poster for Sherri Irwin's talk on policing and resistance, scheduled for May 13, 2021.

Sherri Irvin: 'Policing, Racialization, and Resistance: An Aesthetic Analysis'

Poster for a virtual meeting featuring a labyrinthine staircase design, with event details.

Jason Leddington: 'Picture: The Impossible'

Details of a webinar titled "What is the Problem?" by Catherine Moruzzi, February 24.

Caterina Moruzzi: 'What is the Point of Machine Art?'

Event poster for a talk by Emily Brady on aesthetics and the climate emergency.

Emily Brady: 'Aesthetics and the Climate Emergency'

2019/2020

Poster for event featuring a skeletal figure, details about a talk at the University of Edinburgh.

Nils-Hennes Stear: 'Close Relations: On the Qua Problem and the Ethical Question'

Event poster for a lecture on aesthetic concepts at the University of Edinburgh.

Kevin Scharp: 'Conceptual Engineering for Aesthetic Concept'

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2018/2019

Event poster for a lecture titled "God and the Nature of Aesthetic Properties" at the University of Edinburgh.

Jon Robson: 'God and the Nature of Aesthetic Properties'

Poster for a talk by Michael Newall on "Painting with Impossible Colours" at the University of Edinburgh.

Michael Newall: 'Painting with Impossible Colours'

Event poster for a talk by Stacie Friend on learning from fiction, 19th November 2018.

Stacie Friend: The Factual Basis of Learning from Fiction

Poster for the Scottish Aesthetics Forum event featuring speakers and event details.

Rachel Zuckert: Adam Smith on Artistic Imitation and Beauty

Poster for a talk by Brian Ball on artistic priorities, featuring event details and logos.

Brian Ball: 'Artistic Priorities'

Flyer for a talk by Eileen John on adapting nonfiction, University of Edinburgh details.

Eileen John: 'Based on a True Story: The Experience of Fiction in Film Adaptation of Non-Fiction'

Poster for a Scottish Aesthetics Forum event featuring a dramatic artistic depiction of struggle.

Adriana Clavel-Vázquez: 'The Case for Contextual Autonomism'

Poster for an event titled "Functional Beauty," at the University of Edinburgh.

Panos Paris : 'Functional Beauty: A Revised Proposal'

A vibrant garden scene with pink and green plants, featuring text overlay promoting an event.

James Shelley: 'To Say That This Flower is Beautiful'

2017/2018

Poster for "Who is Afraid of Mimesis?" featuring a distorted human face with an apple.

Chiara Ambrosio: 'Who is Afraid of Mimesis?'

Poster for the Scottish Aesthetics Forum featuring Angela Breitenbach's lecture details.

Angela Breitenbach: 'Aesthetic Reflection and Scientific Understanding'

Poster for a talk by Kathleen Stock on pornography, featuring a close-up of two legs.

Kathleen Stock: 'Pornography, Speech Acts, and Fiction'

Poster for a poetry event featuring floral artwork and event details.

Peter Lamarque: 'Experiencing Poetry'

Event poster for a talk by Louise Hanson on aesthetic realism at the University of Edinburgh.

Louise Hanson: 'Robust Moral Realism and Robust Aesthetic Realism'

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