-
3Climate Change and Fashion: At the Intersection of Ethics and AestheticsIn Pellegrino Gianfranco & Marcello Di Paola (eds.), Handbook of Philosophy of Climate Change, Springer Nature. pp. 525-537. 2023.The attention that prominent fashion houses have been paying to climate change and environmental concerns has never been so prominent. Fashion week of 2019 and 2020 made such a concern a staple of the fashion discourse. Designers and fashion houses are exploring fabric alternatives such as Piñatex (derived from discarded pineapple skins), they are advertising their runways as “carbon neutral,” and fashion colossuses such as Burberry, Gap, Levi’s, and H&M are vowing to reduce greenhouse gas emiss…Read more
-
24A Philosophy of Fashion Through Film: On the Body, Style, and IdentityBloomsbury Publishing. 2022.The question of whether movies can deliver philosophical content is a leading topic in the cognitive and analytic debate on film. But instead of turning to the well-trodden terrain of narrative and emotional engagement, this is the first time fashion and costume choices are analyzed to demonstrate how movies can be said to be doing philosophy. Considering how fashion and costumes can deliver the epistemic content of a film and act as a guidance to the interpretation of the philosophical content …Read more
-
2The Autobiographical DocumentaryIn Noël Carroll, Laura T. Di Summa & Shawn Loht (eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of the Philosophy of Film and Motion Pictures, Springer. pp. 627-650. 2019.In this chapter, I critically assess the ability of autobiographical documentary to convey an authentic portrayal of the self and analyze the cinematic means through which autobiographical documentaries may be able to do so. I compare and outline the chief differences between autobiographical documentaries and literary memoirs and assess the ways in which cognitive analysis of film and post-structuralist accounts within film theory and documentary studies have dealt with the distinction between …Read more
-
20Slugan, Mario. Noël Carroll and Film: A Philosophy of Art and Popular Culture. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2019, xii + 218 pp., 10 b&w illus., £85.00 cloth (review)Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 78 (1): 129-131. 2020.The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Volume 78, Issue 1, Page 129-131, Winter 2020.
-
9Slugan, Mario. Noël Carroll and Film: A Philosophy of Art and Popular Culture. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2019, xii + 218 pp., 10 b&w illus., £85.00 cloth (review)Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 78 (1): 129-131. 2020.
-
6The Philosophical and Cognitive Achievement of Cult and the Ethical Puzzle of CasablancaFilm and Philosophy 19 115-126. 2015.
-
128The Palgrave Handbook of the Philosophy of Film and Motion Pictures (edited book)Springer. 2019.This handbook brings together essays in the philosophy of film and motion pictures from authorities across the spectrum. It boasts contributions from philosophers and film theorists alike, with many essays employing pluralist approaches to this interdisciplinary subject. Core areas treated include film ontology, film structure, psychology, authorship, narrative, and viewer emotion. Emerging areas of interest, including virtual reality, video games, and nonfictional and autobiographical film also…Read more
-
4Art Today and Philosophical AestheticsCulture and Dialogue 4 (2): 246-262. 2016.The demise of grand narratives of art, and the emergence of “post-historical art,” have produced a chasm between the tradition of philosophical aesthetics and the production and reception of contemporary art, a divide that has deprived philosophy of the fundamental role it had played, arguably, until the end of the Modern period. The goal of this paper, which focuses primarily on art after 2000, is to investigate possible venues and directions in the current production and reception of art that …Read more
-
19Identity and strategies of identification: a moral and aesthetic shift in architecture and urbanismJournal of Aesthetics and Phenomenology 3 (2): 111-123. 2016.The relationship between architecture and urban centers and concepts such as community and identity is undeniably complex and has been described, by both philosophers and architectural theorists, in radically different ways. In this essay, I will focus on the contrast between the role of architecture and cities as providers of a sense of identity while also emphasizing the risks associated with this conception. I will begin with an overview of a few theories arguing—on aesthetic, moral, and func…Read more
-
8Philosophical Aesthetics: A Naturalist PerspectiveJournal of Aesthetics and Phenomenology 1 (2): 191-207. 2014.ABSTRACTCan a Naturalist Definition of art replace the historical and institutional positions argued for by philosophical aesthetics? This article considers Denis Dutton’s work in evolutionary psychology and his cluster Naturalist Definition of art. I begin with an analysis of the validity of what Dutton takes to be the most important criterion: Imaginative Experience. I propose a criticism of Dutton’s set of criteria coupled with a re-evaluation of what may be implied when referring to a natura…Read more
Areas of Specialization
Aesthetics |
Applied Ethics |
Other Academic Areas |
Cognitive Sciences |
Social Sciences |