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Today, a three-day conference titled Philosophy of Street Art: Art in and of the Street begins at Pratt Institute and New York University. An active graffiti and street art spot in Williamsburg, ...

Arthur C. Danto’s The Transfiguration of the Commonplace: A Philosophy of Art (1981), a classic of American philosophy, widely read by contemporary artists, opens with a marvelous example. Søren ...

Source: "Bust of Plato (Vatican Museum, Rome)" by Dudva/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 We continue this series of comments on aesthetic cognitivism with reflections by the philosopher Noël Carroll, ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Roger Ebert's recent comments about video games and their potential as art, and especially the immense stir the comments caused on discussion forums ...

Philosophers explore questions about life on every level, from immediate ethical dilemmas to broader questions about human existence, justice, the nature of knowledge, and beauty. Philosophy majors ...

In a world that is filled with people who constantly want to put their hands into something or the other and forever remain productive, the concept of doing nothing probably sounds like a total waste ...

The Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the University of Wyoming provides an intellectually stimulating environment for students to explore timeless questions and the world’s diverse ...

If you examine philosophy-department offerings around America, you’ll find staple courses in “Philosophy of Law,” “Philosophy of Art,” “Philosophy of Science,” “Philosophy of Religion,” and a fair ...