To whom it may concern. All information presented will remain online in future editions. I will reserve the right to edit sent material. International Congress of Aesthetics, the 2001, in Japan. In regions of Tokyo, 27-31 August.
Works of art are cognitive devices aimed at the production of rich cognitive effects.
Thus it can be argued, in the light of what is known about human cognition, that aesthetic experience is a by-product of the exercise of more fundamental cognitive faculties such as perception and imagination. Works of art, on this view, are never grasped directly. Theories of art should thus address questions about the interplay of the cognitive faculties. The keynote speaker will be J.S. Boggs, who is an artist who has consistently mployed the image of money in his art since 1984, when he first accidentally spent a drawing of a one-dollar bill. Papers on any topic in aesthetics are invited, as are proposals for author meets critic sessions, panels, and symposia.