Berys Gaut
Berys Gaut is an author and Professor of Philosophy at the University of St Andrews. He writes on aesthetics, creativity, philosophy of film, and ethics. He was president of the British Society of Aesthetics until 2018. Works. Gaut has written two monographs, numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals, contributed many chapters to edited volumes and edited several books. In "Art, Emotion and Ethics" (2007) he explores the connection between aesthetics and ethics. In "A Philosophy of Cinematic Art" (2010) many of his previously published papers on cinema are collected. He has edited several books including "The Routledge Companion  to Aesthetics", together with Dominic McIver Lopes (first edition 2001), "The Creation of Art: New Essays in Philosophical Aesthetics", together with Paisley Livingston (2003) and "Creativity and Philosophy", together with Matthew Kieran (2018). He has co-authored "Philosophy for Young Children: A Practical Guide" (2011) with primary school teacher Morag Gaut.