“There’s no arguing about art” is manifestly false. Art is one of the best things to argue about. The question is why. In this public philosophy debate, Nick Riggle (University of San Diego), Nat Hansen (University of Reading), and Zed Adams (The New School) will face off on the question of why arguing about art matters. At stake are two very different conceptions of public life: a Millian liberal vision which encourages the appreciation of difference and an Emersonian perfectionist vision which aims to converge on a shared conception of the good.
Nick Riggle
Associate Professor of Philosophy
University of San Diego
Nick Riggle is a wannabe chef, a dad, a former professional rollerblader, and a Californian born, raised, and residing philosopher who has published work on style, aesthetic discourse, street art, beauty, and other topics in aesthetics and the philosophy of art.
Nat Hansen
Associate Professor of Philosophy
University of Reading
Nat Hansen is a philosopher who has written about color language, the experimental investigation of meaning, and new wave ordinary language philosophy. He thinks that The Living Daylights is the best James Bond movie.
Zed Adams
Associate Professor of Philosophy
The New School
Zed Adams has the most audio cables of any philosopher he knows. He has written on the philosophy of mind, art, and technology. The Living Daylights is not his favorite Bond film.
We’re a community of philosophers of language centered in New York City. We have a meeting each week at which a speaker presents a piece of their own work relating to the philosophy of language.
During Spring 2024, we will meet on Mondays, 5:30–7:30pm in room 202 of the NYU Philosophy Building (5 Washington Place). Anyone with an interest in philosophy of language is welcome.
RSVP: If you don’t have an NYU ID, and if you haven’t RSVPed for a workshop yet during this academic year, please RSVP no later than 10am on the day of the talk by emailing your name, email address, and phone number to Jack Mikuszewski at jhm378@nyu.edu. This is required by NYU in order to access the building. When you arrive, please be prepared to show government ID to the security guard.
January 22nd
Rose Ryan Flinn (NYU)
January 29th
Zeynep Soysal (Rochester)
February 5th
Karen Lewis (Barnard/Columbia)
February 12th
Willow Starr (Cornell)
February 19th
(No workshop)
February 26th
Jeremy Goodman (Johns Hopkins)
March 4th
Julian Jara-Ettinger (Yale)
March 11th
James Walsh (NYU)
March 18th
(no workshop)
March 25th
Cal Howland (Rutgers)
April 1st
(no workshop)
April 8th
Sam Cumming (UCLA)
April 15th
Eno Agolli (Rutgers)
April 22md
(no workshop)
April 29th
Viola Schmitt (Humbolt University Berlin/MIT)
May 6th
Bob Beddor (Florida)
We’re a community of philosophers of language centered in New York City. We have a meeting each week at which a speaker presents a piece of their own work relating to the philosophy of language.
During Spring 2024, we will meet on Mondays, 5:30–7:30pm in room 202 of the NYU Philosophy Building (5 Washington Place). Anyone with an interest in philosophy of language is welcome.
RSVP: If you don’t have an NYU ID, and if you haven’t RSVPed for a workshop yet during this academic year, please RSVP no later than 10am on the day of the talk by emailing your name, email address, and phone number to Jack Mikuszewski at jhm378@nyu.edu. This is required by NYU in order to access the building. When you arrive, please be prepared to show government ID to the security guard.
January 22nd
Rose Ryan Flinn (NYU)
January 29th
Zeynep Soysal (Rochester)
February 5th
Karen Lewis (Barnard/Columbia)
February 12th
Willow Starr (Cornell)
February 19th
(No workshop)
February 26th
Jeremy Goodman (Johns Hopkins)
March 4th
Julian Jara-Ettinger (Yale)
March 11th
James Walsh (NYU)
March 18th
(no workshop)
March 25th
Cal Howland (Rutgers)
April 1st
(no workshop)
April 8th
Sam Cumming (UCLA)
April 15th
Eno Agolli (Rutgers)
April 22md
(no workshop)
April 29th
Viola Schmitt (Humbolt University Berlin/MIT)
May 6th
Bob Beddor (Florida)