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Concept : Art

Concept : Art

New Books Network 19 Episodes May 11, 2026

Through conversations with philosophers and thinkers about their scholarly work, Concept : Art seeks to answer the question: how does art shape ideas? By exploring the influence of art and artworks, Concept : Art uncovers the ways art is and can be a resource and catalyst for thinking.

Episodes

Counter-Revolutionary Puzzles with Guillermo Badia
Counter-Revolutionary Puzzles with Guillermo Badia May 11, 2026 1956 In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Guillermo Badia. Dr Guillermo Badia is a philosopher working in logic. His research interests are logic in computer science, semiring-based logics and models of computation, and modal, intuitionistic and other non-classical logics. They discuss logic, murder mysteries, and the counter revolutionary search for truth. A transcript of this episode will be availab
Utopia is Boring with Evie Kendal
Utopia is Boring with Evie Kendal Oct 14, 2025 2001 In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Evie Kendal. Dr Evie Kendal is a bioethicist and public health scientist whose work focuses on emerging technologies. They discuss nostalgia TV, ectogenesis, and the uses and misuses of science fiction. A transcript of this episode will be available on the Concept : Art website here. Concept : Art is produced on muwinina Country, lutruwita Tasmania. Always wa
Paying Attention with Anya Daly
Paying Attention with Anya Daly Sep 19, 2025 1950 In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Anya Daly. Dr Anya Daly investigates the intersections of phenomenology with philosophy of mind, the philosophy of perception, the philosophy of psychiatry, embodied and social cognition, enactivism, ethics, aesthetics and Buddhist Philosophy. They discuss meditation and perception, the divide between continental and analytic philosophy, and human and animal li
Rhythm, Exorcism, and Confrontation with Lexi Eikelboom
Rhythm, Exorcism, and Confrontation with Lexi Eikelboom Jul 7, 2025 2050 In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Lexi Eikelboom. Dr Lexi Eikelboom is both a visual artist and a scholar of philosophical theology. Her academic work analyses aesthetic concepts such as rhythm and form as way to illuminate the human implications of the philosophical arguments in which the concepts appear. She also leads collaborative projects investigating art as a form of thinking and the effe
Snotty Punk Bands and Ancient Aliens with Timothy Deane-Freeman
Snotty Punk Bands and Ancient Aliens with Timothy Deane-Freeman Jun 8, 2025 2012 In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Timothy Deane-Freeman. Dr Timothy Deane-Freeman works as a teacher and researcher in philosophy in Naarm/Melbourne. His work is primarily focussed on the intersection of politics and art, and the ways in which sensible materials can be combined to produce different forms of thought. He is currently co-editing a book on philosophical accounts of artistic agency.
Fast, Loud, and Super Funky with Ellie Ripley
Fast, Loud, and Super Funky with Ellie Ripley May 4, 2025 2009 In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Ellie Ripley. Dr Ellie Ripley’s work focuses on languages, logics, and the relations between them. They discuss music and the state of mind for writing technical philosophy, being part of a philosophical ensemble, and the local heritage of logic. A transcript of this episode will be available on the Concept : Art website (www.conceptart.fm). Concept : Art is
Sublime Art, Nice Philosophy with Michelle Liu
Sublime Art, Nice Philosophy with Michelle Liu Mar 21, 2025 1822 In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Michelle Liu. Dr Michelle Liu works on various topics in philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, and aesthetics. In philosophy of mind, she is interested in the nature of consciousness and the intuition of dualism. In philosophy of language, she is particularly interested in the linguistic phenomenon of polysemy: words with multiple related senses. They discu
Beauty and Revelation with Catherine Wesselinoff
Beauty and Revelation with Catherine Wesselinoff Feb 24, 2025 2026 In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Catherine Wesselinoff Dr Catherine Wesselinoff is a lecturer in philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, Australia, where she teaches courses in aesthetics, ethics, political philosophy and the history of philosophy. Her main research interests are in aesthetics and moral philosophy. They discuss beauty and revelation, transgression and formalism, and thinking
Girlboss Leviathan with Elese Dowden
Girlboss Leviathan with Elese Dowden Dec 30, 2024 1998 In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Elese Dowden. Dr Elese Dowden is a writer and philosopher from Aotearoa New Zealand. Her doctoral work was on ethical restoration after historical injustice, and her ongoing cross-disciplinary research interests include Continental philosophy, Australian and New Zealand literature, critical theory, history and colonialism. They discuss fabrication and sovereignty
Collaboration, Presentation, and Representation with Dalia Nassar
Collaboration, Presentation, and Representation with Dalia Nassar Nov 17, 2024 1973 In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Dalia Nassar, author of Romantic Empiricism: Nature, Art, and Ecology from Herder to Humboldt (Cambridge UP, 2022) among other works.  Dr Dalia Nassar works at the intersection of the history of German philosophy and environmental philosophy and ethics. She has written on the tradition of romantic empiricism, including its significance contemporary questions of e
Paris, Cuba, and David from Any Direction with Lucy Benjamin
Paris, Cuba, and David from Any Direction with Lucy Benjamin Oct 27, 2024 1985 In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Lucy Benjamin. Dr Lucy Benjamin is a researcher in architectural theory and creative practice. Her work focuses on the intersection of environmental theory, architecture, and philosophy, especially the emergence of repair as a design principle and the conditions for human rights in the age of eco-crisis. They discuss time and space on the streets of Paris; repair
Ontological Disruption, Slow Cinema, and Religious Icons
Ontological Disruption, Slow Cinema, and Religious Icons Sep 11, 2024 1960 Dr Annie Sandrussi applies phenomenological and gender-based methods to examine how everyday and public understandings are underpinned by ontological commitments, especially with respect to relationality, embodiment and materialism. Her research is primarily at the juncture of ecofeminist ethics and existential-phenomenology, and she works on philosophical enquiry in biology and technoscience. The

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