LabOnt Seminar
Organized by Elena Casetta and Vera Tripodi

Ontology and the Arts
29 May 2018
Campus Luigi Einaudi, Lungo Dora Siena 100 A, Torino
Aula 6, Palazzina Einaudi

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What is a work of art? What method can philosophy adopt to understand the nature of contemporary arts? Which is the relationship between aesthetic and ontology of art? What kind of art works are the conceptual ones? Which is the relationship between ontology and depiction? The workshop aims to investigate these subjects and the different approaches developed in the ontology of contemporary arts.

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Workshop Sessions

Morning Session: 10.00 – 13.00

CHAIR: Carola Barbero (Università di Torino)

10.00 – 10.40 Adam Andrzejewski and Marta Zaręba (University of Warsaw)
The Ontology of Aesthetic Reasons

11.00 – 11.40 Tiziana Andina (Università di Torino)
Revisioning the Ontology: Exemplarity and Normativity in Contemporary Art

12.00 – 12.40 Davide Dal Sasso (Università di Torino)
Symbolic Attitudes: Conceptualism and Ontologies of Arts

BREAK (13.00 – 15.00)

Afternoon Session: 15.00 – 17.00

CHAIR: Vera Tripodi (Università di Torino)

15.00 – 15.40 Elisa Caldarola (Università di Padova)
Methodology in the Ontology of Art: a Novel Approach

16.00 – 16.40 Enrico Terrone (Università di Torino)
The Standard of Correctness and the Ontology of Depiction