American Society for Aesthetics President joseph Margolis Philosophy, Temple University Vice-President Arthur Danto Philosoph y, Columbia University Secretary-Treasurer Roger A. Shiner Philosophy, University of Alberta The Trustees Philip Alperson Philosophy, University of Louisville American Ted Cohen Philosophy, University of Chicago Donald W. Crawford Philosophy, Society for University of Wisconsin (Madison) ex officio Susan Feagin Philosophy, University of Missouri (Kansas City) john Fisher Philosophy, Temple University Aesthetics Stephanie Ross Philosophy, University of Missouri (St. Louis) Alexander Sesonske Film Studies and Philosophy, University of California (Santa Barbara) Anita Silvers Philosophy, San Francisco State University Judith Tormey Philosophy, Temple University Kendall Walton Philosophy, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) 46th Programme Committee Hilde Hein Philosophy, College of the Holy Cross Gary Iseminger Philosophy, Carleton College ANNUAL Berel Lang Philosophy, S. U.N. Y. (Albany) julius Moravscik Philosophy, Stanford Chair Mary Mothersill Philosophy, Barnard College, MEETING Columbia University Roger A. Shiner Philosophy, University of Alberta ex officio Anita Silvers Philosophy, San Francisco State University 26-29 OCTOBER 1988 Local Arrangements Roger Seamon English, University of British Columbia Hotel Georgia Canadian Society for Aesthetics Vancouver, Be Societe canadienne d'esthetique Co-Presidents/Co-presidents Jean-Guy Meunier Philosoph ie, Universite de Quebec a Montreal Francis Peddle instihlfe of Speculative Philosophy, Ottawa Secretary-TreasurerISecretaire-Tresorier A joint meeting with Roger Seamon English, University of British Columbia Directors/administrateurs Douglas Arrell Theatre, University of Winnipeg The Ghyslaine Guertin Philosoph ie, College Edouard Montpetit Canadian Book Exhibit Exhibit Promotions Plus Columbia, MD Society for •

The 46th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetics Aesthetics, a joint meeting with the Canadian Society for Aesthetics, has been supported by the Krerner Foundation, Simon Fraser University, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the University of British Columbia, and the University of Victoria. The contributions of the above are gratefully acknowledged. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26 Participants: Richard Andrews Director, Henry Art Registration 7:00-10:00 pm Gallery, University of Washington; Outside Queen Anne Room Arthur Danto Philosophy, Columbia University Welcoming Reception 8:00-11:00 pm Clark Glymour Philosophy, Queen Anne and Windsor Rooms Carnegie-Mellon University Trustees' Dinner Meeting 6:00-10:00 pm Penny Bach Fairmont Art Association, Tudor Room Philadelphia 11 Aesthetic Taste and Theory Queen Anne Room Chair: Philip Alperson Philosophy, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26 University of Louisville Registration 8:00 am-6:00 pm "Are There Principles of Taste?" Outside Queen Anne Room Speaker: Gerald Barnes Philosophy, Book Display Trenton State College Tudor Room Comment: Richard Eldridge Philosophy, Swarthmore College Concurrent Sessions 8:30-10:15 am "Contemporary Anaesthetics" I High and Low Art (Symposium) Speaker: Guy Sircello Philosophy, University of California (lrvine) York Room Comment: Richard Shusterman Philosophy, Moderator: David Novitz Philosophy, Temple University University of Canterbury Speaker: Alexander Nehamas Philosophy, Break 12:15-1:30 pm University of Pennsylvania Concurrent Sessions 1:30-3:00 pm Comment: Noel Carroll Philosophy, Cornell University I Music and Folk Music (Symposium) Mary Mothersill Philosophy, York Room Barnard College Moderator: Jo Ellen Jacobs Philosophy, Millikin University 11 Music: Instruments and Performances Speaker: Susan Pratt Walton Music, Queen Anne Room University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) Chair: Joan Munro Educational Foundations, Comments: Jenefer Robinson Philosophy, University of Alberta University of Cincinnati IIAre Musical Instruments Instruments?" Hiromi Sakata Music, University of Washington Speaker: Stan Godlovitch Humanities, Mount Royal College II L'esthetique au dix-huitieme siecle Comment: Kathleen Higgins Philosophy, Queen Anne Room University of Texas (Austin) Chair/ Deborah Cook Philosophy, . President: University of Victoria 1/Authentic Performance and Performance Means" Speaker: Jerrold Levinson Philosophy, "L'enonce du jugement de gout dans Ie langage University of Maryland (College Park) critique du XVIIIe siede: Musique Comment: Lydia Goehr Philosophy, Boston University Speaker/ Ghyslaine Guertin Philosoph ie, Orateur: College Edouard-Montpetit Break 10:15-10:30 am "The Case Behind 'Disinterestedness' " 10:30 am-12: 15 pm Speaker/ Peter McCormick English/Philosophy, Concurrent Sessions Orateur: University of Ottawa Aesthetic Verdicts and Public Art Comment/ Jacques Ruelland Philosoph ie, (Round Table Discussion) Commentaire: College Edouard-Montpetit York Room Moderator: Ronald Moore Philosophy, Break 3:00-3:15 pm University of Washington Concurrent Sessions 3:15-4:45 pm Comment: Margaret Battin Philosophy, I Style and Fashion (Symposium) University of Wah York Room "The Distinction Between Art and Craft" Moderator: Lee Brown Philosophy, Speaker: Sally Markovitz Philosophy, Ohio State University Willamelte University Speakers: Ann Hollander New York Comment: Annette Barnes Philosophy, Karen Hanson Philosophy, University of Maryland (Baltimore County) Indiana University II Fiction and Phenomenology II Eighteenth-Century Aesthetics Kent Room Queen Anne Room Chair: Peggy Brand Philosophy, Chair! Don Todd Philosophy, Ohio State University President: Simon Fraser University "Interworld Emotions: My Compassion for "L'enonce du jugement de gout dans Ie langage Fictional Characters" critique du XVIIIe siecle: Peinture Speaker: Ira Newman Philosophy, Speaker! Monique Langlois Philosophie, Mansfield University Orateur: Universite du Quebec ii Montreal Comment: Jay Bachrach Philosophy, "Methodological Notes for Assessing What Happened Central Washington University 1764-1831" Speaker/ Calvin Seerveld Philosophy, "A Husserlean Defense of the Documentary" Orateur: Institute for Christian Studies, Toronto Speaker: Allan Casebier Philosophy and Cinema/ Comment! Lambert Zuidervaart Philosophy, Television, University of Southern California Commentaire: Calvin College Comment: Thomas Leddy Philosophy, San Jose State University Plenary Session 5:00-6:30 pm Break 10:15-10:30 am York Room "Paul Robinson's Opera and Ideas" Concurrent Sessions 10:30 am-12:15 pm Moderator: Robert Ginsberg Philosophy, I Native Arts Pennsylvania State University York Room (Delaware County) Chair: Alex Sesonske Film Studies/Philosophy, Discussants: Bernard Williams Philosophy, University of California (Santa Barbara) University of California (Berkeley) "Northwest Coast Indian Art: Peter Kivy Philosophy, Rutgers University An Emerging Aesthetic Discourse" Reply: Paul Robinson History, Speaker: Marjorie Halpin Anthropology, Stanford University University of British Columbia Comment: Marvin Cohodas Fine Arts, University of British Columbia "Eskimo Art" Speaker: Francis Sparshott Philosophy, University of Toronto FRIDAY OCTOBER 28 Comment: Rosa Ho Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia Concurrent Sessions 8:30-10:15 am II Feminist Aesthetics I Art, Craft and Law Kent Room York Room Chair: Florence Leibowitz Philosophy, Chair: Alan Tormey Philosophy, Oregon State University University of Maryland (Baltimore County) " 'Gender Totemism' in the Constitution of Art" "Why Law Is Not Like Literature" Speaker: Paul Mattick, Jr. Philosophy, Speaker: Roger Shiner Philosophy, Bennington College University of Alberta Comment: Timothy Gould Philosophy, Metropolitan State College -

"Feminist Aesthetics: The First Step" "Representation in Indian Icons" Speaker: Selma Craft Philosophy, Siena College Speaker: V. K. Chari English, Carleton University Comment: judith Genova Philosophy, Comment: Barbara Savedoff Philosophy, Colorado College Vanderbilt University Break 12:15-2:00 pm Break 10:15-10:30 am Trustees' Luncheon Meeting 12:30-2:00 pm Plenary Session 10:30 am-12:15 pm Connaught Room York Room Afternoon at the University of British Columbia The New(?) Art History Tour 2:00-4:00 pm Moderator: john O'Brian Fine Arts, Museum of Anthropology University of British Columbia Presidential Address 4:30-5:30 pm "What's New in the New Art History?" Room 101, Faculty of Law Building Speaker: Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann Art History, "Reinterpreting Interpretation" Princeton University Speaker: joseph Margolis Philosophy, "Cultural Institutions and the Topography Temple University of Art History" Reception 6:00-7:30 pm Speaker: Michael Marrinan Art History, Faculty Club Columbia University Comment: Arthur Danto Philosophy, Columbia University Break 12:15-1:30 pm SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29 Business Meeting 1:30-2:30 pm York Room Concurrent Sessions 8:45-10:15 am I Art and Environment Architecture and Sculpture Tour 3:00-5:00 pm York Room Downtown Vancouver Chair: Ralf Weber Architecture, Departure- Entrance, Hotel Georgia University of California (Berkeley) Wine & Cheese Reception 6:00-7:00 pm "Entropy and Dialectic: The Signatures of York Room Robert Smithson" Speaker: Gary Shapiro Philosophy, University of Kansas ''Loving Landscape: An Essay on Life, Art and Nature in Japan" Speaker: Barbara Sandrisser The Paul Partnership, New York 'ry'he Environment as an Aesthetic Paradigm" Speaker: Arnold Berleant Philosophy, C. W. Post Center, Long Island University " Painting Connaught Room Chair: Haig Khatchadourian Philosophy, University of Wisconsin (Milwaukee) "Mystery and Great Works of Art" Speaker: Eugene Selk Philosophy, Creighton University Comment: David Goldblatt Philosophy, Denison University