Philosophies of art & beauty
Hardeyjumoh
December 07, 2018
This past semester's classes went exceptionally well. In particular I have to commend the students in my Philosophies of Art & Beaut...
Showing posts with label aesthetics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label aesthetics. Show all posts
Friday, December 7, 2018
Thursday, June 14, 2018
Schopenhauer's Aesthetics (SEP entry)
Hardeyjumoh
June 14, 2018
Schopenahuer is a philosopher who, if you haven't looked at his work in awhile, certainly deserves to be dusted off and looked at . Sadl...
Sunday, April 22, 2018
Wednesday, April 18, 2018
Did Susanne Langer invent virtual reality? (Aesthetics Today post)
Hardeyjumoh
April 18, 2018
Interesting read for some perhaps. Langer was Whitehead's student and in her own right deserves more attention than has been paid to her...
Thursday, March 22, 2018
A quick reflection and Reza’s post: Euclid’s Elements, a philosophical thriller (Toy Philosophy repost)
Hardeyjumoh
March 22, 2018
Insightful as ever and just plain interesting, Reza from Toy Philosophy blog analyzes Euclid's Elements in Part 1 of a philosophy of mat...
Thursday, February 1, 2018
A possible theory of art inspired by Plato's Ion (Aesthetics Today)
Hardeyjumoh
February 01, 2018
Interesting post on Plato's aesthetics. ---- A possible theory of art inspired by Plato's Ion // Aesthetics Today Could Plato have b...
Friday, January 26, 2018
How Schopenhauer’s thought can illuminate a midlife crisis (Aeon)
Hardeyjumoh
January 26, 2018
The only thing missed is how, for Schopenhauer, art is itself an atelic activity and thus therapeutic. Schopenahuer's views about the fu...
Saturday, December 23, 2017
Wolfendale and Transcendentalism
Hardeyjumoh
December 23, 2017
I won't comment on a lengthy but well-worth-the-read post, which is quite personal and explores just as much, put up recently by one Pet...
Monday, December 18, 2017
Eikoh Hosoe's photobook about Yukio Mishima: 薔薇刑 (Killed by Roses, 1963)
Hardeyjumoh
December 18, 2017
Monoskop has put up Hosoe's photobook covering Yukio Mishima, HERE. In both English and Japanese, the book features Mishima's aesthe...
Thursday, December 7, 2017
End of the World As We Know It: What's the Draw of Dystopian Sci-Fi? (article)
Hardeyjumoh
December 07, 2017
LiveScience online magazine with a very nice article HERE. What stood out to me in particular was how science fiction enables one to specula...
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Aesthetics Today blog on Suzanne Langer
Hardeyjumoh
November 29, 2017
Interesting post wherein Susanne Langer (student of Whitehead) is discussed in quite abit of detail. I thought this was particularly interes...
Saturday, November 18, 2017
quote of the day
Hardeyjumoh
November 18, 2017
"Just what is it we sense so poignantly below the heart, absorbing the zephyr of sadness, soft as a prevailing breeze? Are you pleased ...
Tuesday, November 14, 2017
Classic and Romantic German Aesthetics
Hardeyjumoh
November 14, 2017
I am at the mercy of German romanticism and classicism before bed these days, hence I post this. My god, of what beauty is Stephan George. P...
Friday, October 13, 2017
Thoughts inspired by the New York Times article "Return of the ’80s! Synth-Pop Bands Stage a Middle-Aged Comeback"
Hardeyjumoh
October 13, 2017
I often repeat ad nauseum a number of theses to any of my full-blown Millennial students who will listen. No, I state ad nauseum a number of...