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INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP Epistemology of aesthetics: facts, models and theories 20th October 2016, 9:30-18:30 IMéRA, Aix-Marseille University 2 place Le Verrier – Marseille ENTRÉE LIBRE DOCTORANTS : Inscription sur le site du Collège doctoral AMU – ADUM Organized by Lorenzo Bartalesi (IMéRA Fellow 2015-2016 ; Marie Curie Fellow - EHESS) In collaboration with CEPERC - Centre d’Epistémologie et d’Ergologie Comparatives (UMR 7304) Aesthetic knowledge is a fundamental dimension of the human culture and it has been crucial in the development of a scientific understanding of the natural world. However, a study of the anthropological meaning of aesthetic behaviours faces currently with countless problems. Philosophical aesthetics traditionally oscillates between a theory of knowledge and a theory of art. As a result, all attempts of conceptual framing of aesthetics have failed and so far, there isn't an accepted definition of aesthetic behaviour. Nevertheless, human sciences like archaeology, social anthropology, psychology or neurobiology adopt the aesthetic theories proposed in the occidental philosophical tradition in order to analyse the complexity of the aesthetic dimension. This fact causes several conceptual and epistemological problems for the scientific approach to aesthetic domain. What we need is an epistemology of aesthetics – a theory of how we know (and what we know about) the world through an aesthetic experience. The aim of the workshop is an epistemological clarification of the aesthetics as a mode of knowledge culturally diversified and anchored in our cognitive architecture: What is aesthetic knowledge? Which kind of epistemology for the aesthetic knowledge? What is the place of the knowledge through art? What lesson from the historical tie between aesthetic and scientific theory can be applied today?

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INTERNATIONALWORKSHOP

Epistemologyofaesthetics:facts,modelsandtheories

20thOctober2016,9:30-18:30

IMéRA,Aix-MarseilleUniversity2placeLeVerrier–Marseille

ENTRÉELIBREDOCTORANTS:InscriptionsurlesiteduCollègedoctoralAMU–ADUM

OrganizedbyLorenzoBartalesi(IMéRAFellow2015-2016;MarieCurieFellow-EHESS)IncollaborationwithCEPERC-Centred’Epistémologieetd’ErgologieComparatives(UMR7304)

Aestheticknowledgeisafundamentaldimensionofthehumancultureandithasbeencrucialinthe development of a scientific understanding of the natural world. However, a study of theanthropological meaning of aesthetic behaviours faces currently with countless problems.Philosophicalaestheticstraditionallyoscillatesbetweenatheoryofknowledgeandatheoryofart.Asaresult,allattemptsofconceptualframingofaestheticshavefailedandsofar,thereisn'tanaccepteddefinitionofaestheticbehaviour.Nevertheless,humanscienceslikearchaeology,socialanthropology,psychologyorneurobiologyadopttheaesthetictheoriesproposedintheoccidentalphilosophical tradition in order to analyse the complexity of the aesthetic dimension. This factcauses several conceptual andepistemologicalproblems for the scientific approach toaestheticdomain.Whatweneedisanepistemologyofaesthetics–atheoryofhowweknow(andwhatweknowabout)theworldthroughanaestheticexperience.Theaimoftheworkshopisanepistemologicalclarificationoftheaestheticsasamodeofknowledgeculturallydiversifiedandanchoredinourcognitive architecture: What is aesthetic knowledge? Which kind of epistemology for theaesthetic knowledge?What is the place of the knowledge through art?What lesson from thehistoricaltiebetweenaestheticandscientifictheorycanbeappliedtoday?

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The topic could be developed through the main categories of epistemology: fact,model andtheory.Followingaresometopicswewouldliketoapproach:

Fact:Whatisanaestheticfact?Isitaperceptualfact?Canwespeakoftheaestheticfactsina descriptiveway?What does itmean that aesthetic is an intrinsically normative notion?Whatistheepistemicobjectofaesthetics?Model: Could we model aesthetic knowledge? Which kind of model should beimplemented?Anaestheticmodeldoesalwaysinvolveaformofreductionism?What’stherelationshipbetweenmodelandtheoryinaesthetics?Theory:Whichkindoftheoryforaestheticknowledge?Canwereduceaesthetictheorytoperceptual theory? What's the relationship between aesthetic theory and art criticism?Despite themodernsegregationofscientificandaestheticknowledge,couldepistemologyofsciencebeamodelforaesthetics?

Theconferencewillbesplit intwosessionsofthree45minutesspeeches, followedbyanopendiscussion.EnglishandFrenchwillbetheofficiallanguagesoftheconference.

PROGRAMME

09.30-09.45 OpeningoftheConference.Welcome.MorningSession–Chair:GabriellaCrocco(CEPERC,AMU/CNRS)

09.45-10.45 GiuseppeDiLiberti(CEPERC,AMU/CNRS)Lesfaitsesthétiquesentremonde,langageetperception.Problèmesdedéfinition

10.45 Coffeebreak

11.00-12.00 GregoryCurrie(UniversityofYork)Aestheticsforarchaeologists

12.00-13.00 FabrizioDesideri(UniversityofFirenze)

The aestheticmatrix of the cognitivity. First sketch of a new epistemicmodel foraesthetics

AfternoonSession–Chair:PierreLivet(CEPERC,AMU/CNRS)14.30-15.30 JérômeDokic(InstitutNicod,EHESSParis)

Lerôledesémotionsetsentimentsépistémiquesdansl'expérienceesthétique15.30-16.30 BenceNanay(AntwerpUniversity)

Mentalimageryandtop-downinfluencesontheperceptionofartworks16.30-16.45 Coffebreak16.45-17.45 Jean-MarieSchaeffer(CRAL,EHESSParis)

Somethoughtsaboutaestheticallyorientedexperiences