Sublime Art, Nice Philosophy with Michelle Liu

Summary

In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Michelle Liu.

Dr Michelle Liu works on various topics in philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, and aesthetics. In philosophy of mind, she is interested in the nature of consciousness and the intuition of dualism. In philosophy of language, she is particularly interested in the linguistic phenomenon of polysemy: words with multiple related senses.

They discuss representing music in visual forms, whether philosophical arguments can have aesthetic properties, and the role of mental imagery in poetry and philosophy.

A transcript of this episode will be available on the Concept : Art website (www.conceptart.fm).

Concept : Art is produced on muwinina Country, lutruwita Tasmania. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land.

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Pat McConville

Pat McConville is a philosopher and bioethicist based in nipaluna Hobart, in lutruwita Tasmania. He is currently Lecturer in the School of Medicine, Deakin University, Australia.

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