Bence Nanay
Bence Nanay (born 1974) is a Belgian philosopher and film critic. He is co-director of the Centre for Philosophical Psychology at the University of Antwerp and Senior Research Associate at Peterhouse, Cambridge University.{{cite web|url=http://www.londonaestheticsforum.org/?page_id=933 |title=Bence Nanay |publisher=London Aesthetics Forum |date=2011-02-16 |accessdate=2012-03-10}}{{cite web|url=http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2010/06/nanay-from-syracuse-to-antwerp.html |title=Leiter Reports: A Philosophy Blog: Nanay from Syracuse to Antwerp |publisher=Leiterreports.typepad.com |date=2010-06-28 |accessdate=2012-03-10}}{{cite web|url=http://www.frontiersin.org/people/BenceNanay/38614/Culture |title=Frontiers | Bence Nanay | Activity |publisher=Frontiersin.org |date= |accessdate=2012-03-10}}{{cite web |url=http://www.pet.cam.ac.uk/fellows/fellows-subject |title=Fellows by Subject | Peterhouse |publisher=Pet.cam.ac.uk |date= |accessdate=2012-03-10 |archive-date=2012-03-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321064245/http://www.pet.cam.ac.uk/fellows/fellows-subject |url-status=dead }}
Work
Bence Nanay is Professor of Philosophy and BOF Research Professor at the University of Antwerp.{{efn|BOF refers to the Dutch Bijzonder Onderzoeksfonds, i.e. internal funding from within the university.{{cite web|url=https://www.uantwerp.be/en/research-and-innovation/research-at-uantwerp/research-activities-funding/university-research-bof/ |title=University Research Fund (BOF) |publisher=University of Antwerp |accessdate=2012-11-20}}}} He has been Visiting Professor at a number of universities in France, Italy, Germany and Switzerland (Università della Svizzera Italiana).{{Cite web |url=https://www.usi.ch/en/education/master/philosophy/professors|title=Professors}} He is co-director of the centre for Philosophical Psychology at Antwerp. His research focuses on philosophy of mind, philosophy of biology and aesthetics. His work is widely discussed in journals like Journal of Philosophy,{{cite web|url=http://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/Philosophy/faculty/kneander/publications/201166 |title=Publications [#201166] of Karen L Neander |publisher=Fds.duke.edu |date= |accessdate=2012-03-10}} Philosophical Studies,{{cite journal|title=Philosophical Studies, Online First™ |doi=10.1007/s11098-012-9853-3 |volume=164 |issue=2 |journal=Philosophical Studies |pages=405–418|year=2013 |last1=Ganson |first1=Todd |last2=Bronner |first2=Ben |s2cid=170600011 |url=https://philpapers.org/rec/GANVPA }} Analysis (journal),{{cite journal|author=Michael Tye |title=Up close with the speckled hen |journal=Analysis |volume=70 |issue=2 |pages=283–286 |date=2009-12-16 |doi=10.1093/analys/anp169 |doi-access=free }} Pacific Philosophical Quarterly,{{cite journal|date=2011-05-11 |doi=10.1111/j.1468-0114.2011.01393.x |volume=92 |issue=2 |journal=Pacific Philosophical Quarterly |pages=153–173|last1 = Briscoe|first1 = Robert Eamon|title=Mental Imagery and the Varieties of Amodal Perception |url=https://philpapers.org/rec/BRIMIA }} Mind & Language,{{cite web |url=https://4092643945156239022-a-1802744773732722657-s-sites.googlegroups.com/site/philfernbachswebpage/attachments/SlomanFernbachEwing2012.pdf?attachauth=ANoY7cpIEO7NpPANECBjTujVb4ZcX_rs1lohrG8wMHTT0JC2ydsa6h5GRSBJ3JqKOa6iiM2WgDf9axCjmK3IrUEYDVregg-W69zUmEiCCUyQimx3g2pV5ZRhngO2yrUqvwxk55nBTXjrt1Zkue3OiMbfPojmy_m-ePslCPjk5hNH3DmLUf3UJ5zV6p1Kiam1izYlmdPf0u45FSyweYF6GA1MhK8GSDL6Erx0j75OGqqF_GQ-1_7B7oyT3aiSGIllvzybeRZzk9SB&attredirects=0 |title=Download Attachment |publisher=4092643945156239022-a-1802744773732722657-s-sites.googlegroups.com |date= |accessdate=2012-03-10 }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Journal of Mind and Behavior,{{cite web |author=The Journal of Mind and Behavior |url=http://www.umaine.edu/jmb/archives/volume32/vol_32_no_1.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120805223805/http://www.umaine.edu/jmb/archives/volume32/vol_32_no_1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-08-05 |title=The Journal of Mind and Behavior |publisher=Umaine.edu |accessdate=2012-03-10 }} Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science,{{cite journal|title=Reply to Bence Nanay's 'Natural selection and the limited nature of environmental resources' |doi=10.1016/j.shpsc.2010.10.008 |pmid=21112017 | journal= Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences |date=2010-10-28 |volume=41 |issue=4 |pages=420–421|last1=Stegmann |first1=Ulrich }} Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences and Philosophical Psychology.{{cite journal|title=Taylor & Francis Online :: Seeing and retinal stability: On a sensorimotor argument for the necessity of eye movement for sight |date=2011-11-17 |doi=10.1080/09515089.2011.633699 |volume=26 |issue=2 |journal=Philosophical Psychology |pages=263–266|last1 = Cavedon-Taylor|first1 = Dan|s2cid=143781224 }}
Nanay is the primary investigator of the Between Perception and Action project at the University of Antwerp, supported by a million euro grant from Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (FWO) (English: Flemish Research Foundation).{{cite web|url=http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2011/08/philosopher-nanay-wins-one-million-euro-odysseus-grant-from-the-flemish-research-foundation.html |title=Leiter Reports: A Philosophy Blog: Philosopher Nanay Wins One Million Euro "Odysseus Grant" from the Flemish Research Foundation |publisher=Leiterreports.typepad.com |date=2011-08-01 |accessdate=2012-03-10}}{{cite web |url=http://www.fwo.be/Odysseusprogramma-huidige-detail.aspx?ID=041a76a7-c2b4-49fa-b151-593912c0c3fd |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120903193413/http://www.fwo.be/Odysseusprogramma-huidige-detail.aspx?ID=041a76a7-c2b4-49fa-b151-593912c0c3fd |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-09-03 |title=Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek - Vlaanderen: Odysseusprogramma huidige - detail |publisher=Fwo.be |language=Dutch |accessdate=2012-03-10}}
He is also the primary investigator of the Seeing Things You Don't See project, supported by a 2-million euro Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council {{cite web|url=https://erc.europa.eu/sites/default/files/document/file/erc_2016_cog_results_all_domains.pdf |title=ERC Consolidator Grants 2016: List of Principal Investigators – All domains |date=2016-12-07 |publisher=European Research Council |access-date=2022-06-16}}
He is the editor of The Monist{{'}}s special issue on the philosophy of Robert Musil{{cite web|url=http://monist.buffalo.edu/callsforpapers.html#Musil |title=The Monist: Calls For Papers |publisher=Monist.buffalo.edu |date= |accessdate=2012-03-10}} and the editor on the centenary special issue on Heinrich Wölfflin in Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism.{{cite web |url=http://www.temple.edu/jaac/symposia/index.htm |title=Symposia |publisher=Temple.edu |accessdate=2012-03-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120202132403/http://www.temple.edu/jaac/symposia/index.htm |archivedate=2012-02-02 }}
Nanay is also known for his work as a film critic.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/how-cinema-lost-its-soul-432479.html |title=How cinema lost its soul - Features - Films |work=The Independent |date=2007-01-17 |accessdate=2012-03-10}} He has served as a jury member at a number of major film festivals, including the Chicago International Film Festival,{{cite web |url=http://www.filmfestivals.com/cgi-bin/shownews.pl?obj=ShowNews&CfgPath=ffs/filinfo&Cfg=news.cfg&news=general&text_id=20577 |title=Film Festivals . com - People |publisher=Filmfestivals.com |accessdate=2012-03-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080610030634/http://www.filmfestivals.com/cgi-bin/shownews.pl?obj=ShowNews&CfgPath=ffs%2Ffilinfo&Cfg=news.cfg&news=general&text_id=20577 |archivedate=2008-06-10 }} the San Francisco Film Festival,{{cite web |url=http://www.fipresci.org/awards/awards/awards_2004.htm#sanfrancisco |title=Awards - 2004 |publisher=Fipresci |accessdate=2012-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106205425/http://www.fipresci.org/awards/awards/awards_2004.htm#sanfrancisco |archive-date=2012-01-06 |url-status=dead }} the Miami International Film Festival and the Mar del Plata International Film Festival (Argentina).{{cite web |url=http://www.fipresci.org/awards/awards/awards_2007.htm#mdp |title=Awards 2007 |publisher=Fipresci |accessdate=2012-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101122095416/http://fipresci.org/awards/awards/awards_2007.htm#mdp |archive-date=2010-11-22 |url-status=dead }}
Bibliography
- Bence Nanay. (editor) Perceiving the World (Oxford University Press, 2010).{{cite web |url=http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Philosophy/Epistemology/?view=usa&ci=9780195386196 |title=Oxford University Press: Perceiving the World: Bence Nanay |publisher=Oup.com |accessdate=2012-03-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119120354/http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Philosophy/Epistemology/?view=usa |archivedate=2012-01-19 }}
- Bence Nanay. Between Perception and Action (Oxford University Press, 2013).{{Cite book | url=http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199695379.do | isbn=9780199695379| title=Between Perception and Action| publisher=Oxford University Press| date=2014-01-28}}
- Bence Nanay. Aesthetics as Philosophy of Perception (Oxford University Press, 2016).{{Cite book | url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/aesthetics-as-philosophy-of-perception-9780199658442?cc=gb&lang=en& | isbn=9780199658442| title=Aesthetics as Philosophy of Perception| publisher=Oxford University Press| date=2016-01-14}}
- Bence Nanay. Aesthetics: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2019).{{Cite book | url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/aesthetics-a-very-short-introduction-9780198826613?cc=il&lang=en |title=Aesthetics: A Very Short Introduction |publisher=Oxford University Press}}
- Bence Nanay. Aesthetic Life and Why It Matters, co-written with Dominic McIvor Lopes and Nick Riggle, (Oxford University Press, 2021).{{Cite book | url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/aesthetic-life-and-why-it-matters-9780197625798?q=nanay&lang=en&cc=il |title=Aesthetic Life and Why It Matters |publisher=Oxford University Press}}
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