Not only that, but individuals change from minute to minute. ab On May 10, 2013, at 6:55 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> Must be some variation of belief for the Tooth Fairy-the perfect > soufflC)-the existence of beauty-Little Creepy and Big Crawly. > > Don't they mean 'The Individual Nature of Belief' > ab > On May 8, 2013, at 9:51 AM, [email protected] wrote: > >> Oy. The initial problem here is that the topic seems to assume that > there >> IS a "THE nature of belief". There isn't. Ask twenty-five different > people > to >> articulate their notion of "belief", and you're likely to get > twenty-five >> different descriptions of what they like to call "belief". And, > indeed, >> they'll all be talking about NOTIONS. There is no mind-independent > entity, >> "belief". >> >> >> In a message dated 5/7/13 2:46:56 PM, [email protected] writes: >> >> >>> btransportationb, which is ba mechanism whereby narratives can >>> affect >>> beliefsb If only this was useful in rush hour. >>> > > -----Original Message----- > From: armando baeza <[email protected]> > To: aesthetics-l <[email protected]> > Cc: armando baeza <[email protected]> > Sent: Wed, May 8, 2013 2:14 pm > Subject: Re: [AE] Fwd: CfP: Art and the Nature of Belief > > Don't they mean 'The Individual Nature of Belief' > ab > On May 8, 2013, at 9:51 AM, [email protected] wrote: > >> Oy. The initial problem here is that the topic seems to assume that > there >> IS a "THE nature of belief". There isn't. Ask twenty-five different > people > to >> articulate their notion of "belief", and you're likely to get > twenty-five >> different descriptions of what they like to call "belief". And, > indeed, >> they'll all be talking about NOTIONS. There is no mind-independent > entity, >> "belief". >> >> >> In a message dated 5/7/13 2:46:56 PM, [email protected] writes: >> >> >>> btransportationb, which is ba mechanism whereby narratives can >>> affect >>> beliefsb If only this was useful in rush hour. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Dominic McIver Lopes <[email protected]> >>> To: news <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Mon, May 6, 2013 11:03 am >>> Subject: [AE] Fwd: CfP: Art and the Nature of Belief >>> >>> Begin forwarded message: >>> From: Art and Belief Conference > <[email protected]> >>> >>> Subject: CfP: Art and the Nature of Belief >>> >>> Date: 6 May, 2013 03:59:19 PDT >>> >>> Reply-To: Art and Belief Conference >>> <[email protected]> >>> >>> Art and the Nature of Belief >>> 11th-12th October 2013 >>> Humanities Research Centre >>> >>> University of York >>> >>> >>> Submissions of papers are invited for an international conference on >>> the topic of Art and the Nature of Belief.B >>> >>> >>> >>> Invited Speakers >>> >>> >>> Gregory Currie & Anna Ichino (University of Nottingham) >>> >>> >>> Stacie Friend (Heythrop College) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Allan Hazlett (University of Edinburgh) >>> >>> >>> >>> Eva-Maria Konrad (University of Regensburg) >>> >>> >>> Peter Lamarque (University of York) >>> >>> >>> >>> Daniel Whiting (University of Southampton) >>> >>> >>> >>> Conference Theme >>> >>> The conference aims to bring together recent work on belief and its >>> connection to truth, with issues concerning belief that arise in >>> aesthetics. The question of whether we can arrive at truth, and > indeed >>> gain knowledge, from engaging with artworks has received much > attention >>> in aesthetics. However, much less has been said about the nature of > the >>> beliefs formed as a result of engaging with art. It seems clear that > at >>> least some of our experiences of artworks produce beliefs either > about >>> the world more generally or beliefs about significant human concerns, >>> for example, moral, cultural, psychological, or political beliefs. In >>> the case of literature, this might be achieved through what has been >>> called btransportationb, which is ba mechanism whereby narratives can >>> affect beliefsb (Green and Brock 2000: bThe Role of Transportation in >>> the Persuasiveness of Public Narrativesb. Journal of Personality and >>> Social Psychology. Vol. 79, No. 5, pp. 701-721, p. 701). If a reader > is >>> sufficiently engaged in a story, bthey may show effects of the story > on >>> their real-world beliefsb (Ibid). However, it is often the case that >>> the nature of the attitudes which arise out of transportative >>> experiences casts doubt on their belief status. They are for example, >>> unstable, that is, they are not retained by subjects. Nor do they > look >>> like they are justified or reliable. On the basis of these features, >>> philosophers of mind working on the connection between belief and > truth >>> may be inclined to take a non-doxastic approach to these attitudes. >>> Consequently, work done on this area may pose a considerable threat > to >>> the idea that justified or reliable beliefs can be formed on the > basis >>> of engaging with art. >>> >>> Thus far belief theorists have had little to say about the sorts of >>> issues that arise out of beliefs formed on the basis of engaging with >>> art. But given that such beliefs do not always behave in the same way >>> as garden-variety beliefs, which are generally agreed to be > necessarily >>> connected to truth, they present an interesting case to belief >>> theorists, and as such they demand attention. In light of all of > this, >>> there is an opportunity for a significant philosophical interaction >>> between aestheticians and belief theorists that not only addresses >>> these issues but also illuminates the nature of belief for both > parties. >>> >>> This interaction presents the belief theorist with pertinent > questions >>> regarding the status of beliefs formed as a result of engaging with > art >>> >>> and, in turn, demands philosophers of art to further consider the >>> relation between art and truth. This conference aims to address these >>> issues through a collaboration of philosophers working on belief and >>> aesthetics in the hope that this can illuminate the aesthetic cases >>> and, potentially, impact on our understanding of the nature of belief >>> itself. >>> >>> >>> Suitable topics/questions might include but are not limited to: >>> >>> Are beliefs formed on the basis of engaging with artworks aimed at >>> truth or governed by a norm of truth? >>> >>> Are some value-laden beliefs about artworks influenced by > motivational >>> factors?B >>> >>> Do beliefs formed on the basis of engaging with artworks exhibit >>> transparency to truth? Are they sensitive to evidence in the same way >>> or to the same degree as garden-variety beliefs? >>> >>> Given that pictures need not represent the world accurately, how >>> reliable is a belief that is formed on the basis of pictorial >>> experience? >>> >>> Why are we less able to form beliefs, or change our beliefs, on the >>> basis of aesthetic testimony? Does aesthetic testimony count as >>> evidence but has less weight than testimony in the ordinary case? Or >>> does aesthetic testimony not count for evidence for aesthetic beliefs >>> at all? >>> >>> >>> >>> Submissions should be 2500-3000 words in length, starting with an >>> abstract of 200-300 words. Submissions should be prepared for blind >>> review, be in Word format, and sent [email protected] no later >>> thanFriday 19th July. Please include your name, institutional >>> affiliation, and title of your paper in the body of the email. >>> >>> >>> Papers will be double-blind reviewed. Notification will be sent out > by >>> mid-August. Accepted speakers will have their registration and >>> accommodation for the duration of the conference paid, as well as >>> travel costs up to B#100. >>> >>> The Mind Association has first refusal on an edited volume for their >>> Occasional Series published by Oxford University Press. After the >>> conference, a manuscript of the invited and submitted papers will be >>> submitted to OUP. Papers cannot be guaranteed publication, all will > be >>> subject to the OUP refereeing process. B >>> >>> Any queries should be sent to the conference organisers, Helen > Bradley >>> and Ema Sullivan-Bissett, [email protected]. Further >>> information will soon be available on the conference >>> website:https://artbelief.wordpress.com/ >>> >>> >>> >>> Conference Support >>> >>> The conference organisers gratefully acknowledge the generous support >>> of the Analysis Trust, the British Society of Aesthetics, and the > Mind >>> Association._______________________________________________ >>> news mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> > http://lists.aesthetics-online.org/listinfo.cgi/news-aesthetics-online.org
