Aesthetics Archives - The Helix Center

This roundtable explores the evolution and role of taste and discernment in human life, from basic survival to refined pleasure and art, and discusses its implications in aesthetics and practical reason.

Sat
Oct 3rd
2015

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Understanding Genius

This roundtable will examine competing philosophical and historical conceptions of genius, including the relationship between talent and originality, and whether originality is the defining feature of genius.

Sat
Apr 13th
2013

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Music to Whose Ears? Music, Emotion, and Mind

This roundtable will examine how music conveys meaning and evokes emotion, considering whether its effects are rooted in the work itself, formal structure, extra-musical associations, or listeners’ emotional responses, and whether these experiences are individual or universal.

Fri
Oct 26th
2012

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Life and Movement

This roundtable will examine movement in life through evolution, coordination dynamics, social interaction, kinesthesia, and aesthetics, and how these perspectives help us understand how we move, adapt, and relate to others.

Tag: Aesthetics

A ≠ B → Taste & Discernment

Understanding Genius

Music to Whose Ears? Music, Emotion, and Mind