Symposium on Thinking with Images: An Enactivist Aesthetics by John Carvalho The commentaries collected in this symposium were first developed at the “Author Meets Critics” session on John Carvalho’s Thinking with Images: An Enactivist Aesthetics at The American Society for Aesthetics Eastern Division Meeting in Philadelphia on April 17, 2021. We thank Deborah Knight for organizing the […]
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Symposium on Thinking with Images: An Enactivist Aesthetics by John Carvalho
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Against Theory—Again (Though with Reservations)
Against Theory—Again (Though with Reservations) Ivan Gaskell Abstract In Thinking with Images (2019), John Carvalho proposes an “aesthetics without theory,” a phrase to be taken rhetorically rather than literally, for he accepts that percipients of artworks bring a theoretical knowledge to their encounters. He seeks to balance appropriate theoretical knowledge, notably Gibson’s theory of […]
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Thinking with Film: On John Carvalho’s reading of Godard’s Le Mépris
Thinking with Film: On John Carvalho’s reading of Godard’s Le Mépris Deborah Knight Abstract In Thinking with Images, John Carvalho is especially interested in situations where we do not know what to think about a work of art — where it perplexes us, where we cannot find answers to the questions it raises. I […]
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John Carvalho’s Thinking with Images, An Enactivist Aesthetics
John Carvalho’s Thinking with Images, An Enactivist Aesthetics Sonia Sedivy Abstract John Carvalho’s Thinking with Images, an Enactivist Aesthetics argues that puzzling artworks can draw us into a special activity – thinking when we don’t know what to think – which is valuable because it takes us beyond our skills and understanding. Enactivism is […]
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More Thinking About Thinking with Images: A Response to Ivan Gaskell, Deborah Knight and Sonia Sedivy
More Thinking About Thinking with Images: A Response to Ivan Gaskell, Deborah Knight and Sonia Sedivy John M. Carvalho Abstract I want to start by thanking my critics for reading my book and coming to so many insightful comments and challenging observations about it. I especially want to thank Deborah Knight for suggesting a […]