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Hello, The following event may be of interest to you: The Philosophy Program presents Thursday, December 13, 2012 Alessandra Brusadin PhD candidate in Philosophy, University of Padova Italy, and current Bard Research Scholar in Residence "Understanding Music in its Context: Wittgenstein's Criticism of a 'Science of Aesthetics'" Is it possible for aesthetics to be a science? Can empirical methods provide an explanation for our aesthetic judgments? The possibility of a 'science of aesthetics' is one of the focuses of Wittgenstein's Lectures on Aesthetics (1938). In this talk,I will discuss aspects of our understanding of music in light of Wittgenstein's non-psychologistic view of aesthetics. Specifically, I will address the connection between our psychological or neural processes and the context of our experience of music. Location: Olin Humanities, Room 201 Sponsor: Philosophy Program Contact: Kritika Yegnashankaran. E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 845-758-7393 If you would like to see more events please visit the following URL: http://www.bard.edu/news/events/