Paul Daniels (Melbourne): Kant on the Beautiful: The Interest in Disinterestedness. From Consciousness, Literature and the Arts, Alexey Aliev (Moscow State): The Intentional-Attributive Definition of Art; Robert Pepperell (Wales): The Conscious Act of Looking at a Painting; Justin Harmon (Houston): What Is It Like to Be Mysterious, Alienated, and Wildly Rich through Less Than Savory Means? Phenomenal Consciousness and Aesthetic Experience. A review of Aesthetics of Anxiety by Ruth Ronen. Do we take art a little too seriously? Marcus Westbury wants to know. From Amsterdam Law Forum, should we want art to be transgressing moral norms? A tool to deceive and slaughter: A piece of obtuse contemporary art captures the zeitgeist — sort of. From e-flux, a two issues on the theme, “What is Contemporary Art?”, including

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