Concept : Art

In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Dalia Nassar, author of Romantic Empiricism: Nature, Art, and Ecology from Herder to Humboldt [https://global.oup.com/academic/product/romantic-empiricism-9780190095437?cc=us&lang=en&] (Cambridge UP, 2022) among other works.  Dr Dalia Nassar works at the intersection of the history of German philosophy and environmental philosophy and ethics. She has written on the tradition of romantic empiricism, including its significance contemporary questions of ecology and environment. She has also worked to promote women in the history of philosophy, especially in the German tradition. They discuss collaborations with nature, lawfulness and contradiction, presentation and representation, and unity in diversity. A transcript of this episode is available on the Concept : Art website (www.conceptart.fm [http://www.conceptart.fm/]). Concept : Art is produced on muwinina Country, lutruwita Tasmania. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Lucy Benjamin. Dr Lucy Benjamin is a researcher in architectural theory and creative practice. Her work focuses on the intersection of environmental theory, architecture, and philosophy, especially the emergence of repair as a design principle and the conditions for human rights in the age of eco-crisis. They discuss time and space on the streets of Paris; repairability and broken Cuban furniture; and developing her own perspective. A transcript of this episode is available on the Concept : Art website (www.conceptart.fm [http://www.conceptart.fm/]). Concept : Art is produced on muwinina Country, lutruwita Tasmania. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Dr Annie Sandrussi [https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/persons/annie-sandrussi] applies phenomenological and gender-based methods to examine how everyday and public understandings are underpinned by ontological commitments, especially with respect to relationality, embodiment and materialism. Her research is primarily at the juncture of ecofeminist ethics and existential-phenomenology, and she works on philosophical enquiry in biology and technoscience. They discuss ontological disruption; slow cinema and the everyday; and what is excess to religious icons. A transcript of this episode is available on the Concept : Art website (www.conceptart.fm [http://www.conceptart.fm/]). Concept : Art is produced on muwinina Country, lutruwita Tasmania. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Yuri Cath. Dr Yuri Cath's work explores epistemological questions about the nature and sources of different kinds of knowledge, and the importance of these issues for other areas of philosophy including the philosophy of mind and moral philosophy. He is interested in the philosophical distinction between "knowing-how" and "knowing-that"; the role of intuitions as a kind of evidence; and the relationship between testimony and knowledge. They discuss going from practicing painting to practicing philosophy, the gradations of What It Is Like knowledge, and the differences and similarities between art and philosophy. A transcript of this episode is available on the Concept : Art website (www.conceptart.fm [http://www.conceptart.fm/]). Concept : Art is produced on muwinina Country, lutruwita Tasmania. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Pei-hua Huang [https://researchers.adelaide.edu.au/profile/pei-hua.huang]. Dr Pei-hua Huang’s work lies where bioethics and political philosophy intersect. She is interested in the interaction of social issues and medical technologies. She has a special interest in philosophical issues raised by human and moral enhancement technologies and the treatment of morally relevant psychiatric conditions. They discuss manga and moral enhancement, pottery and Confucianism, and the pros and cons of science fiction. A transcript of this episode is available on the Concept : Art website (www.conceptart.fm [http://www.conceptart.fm/]). Concept : Art is produced on muwinina Country, lutruwita Tasmania. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]