Art Theory, Aesthetic Appreciation,

and the Requirements for an Adequate

Aesthetics of Nature

Lecture by

ALLEN CARLSON

Professor of Philosophy, University of Alberta

Thursday, April 26^th, 2007

4:00 – 5:30 , Lillis 175

Allen Carlson, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Alberta (Edmonton, Canada), is an authority in aesthetics and has pioneered the field of environmental aesthetics. In addition to editing four volumes and publishing numerous articles in leading journals, he is the author of Aesthetics and the Environment: The Appreciation of Nature, Art and Architecture (Routledge, 2000).

Sponsored by

The Department of Philosophy and the Environmental Studies Program

For more information, contact:

Ted Toadvine, 346-5554, toadvine@uoregon.edu