Athens-based philosopher Marcos Breuer invites you to discover key philosophical dimensions underlying the work of art:

Art and emotions: old paradigms and new philosophical theories

According to the Western tradition, the essential aspect of human beings is rationality, not their capacity to feel deep, intense or complex emotions. Nevertheless, in recent decades philosophy has paid more attention to our emotions and the role they play in the constitution of moral and aesthetic judgments. As a consequence, the old rationalistic paradigm has lost its centrality, allowing the development of new conceptions based on our emotional activity. But what are emotions? How can we classify our various emotional states? And which functions do they have in the production of a work of art – and in its perception and appreciation? 
At the coming meeting we are going to explore some of the new research trends on emotions.
(in English)